Definition of bar

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Bar (n.) To restrict or confine, as if by a bar; to hinder; to obstruct; to prevent; to prohibit; as, to bar the entrance of evil; distance bars our intercourse; the statute bars my right; the right is barred by time; a release bars the plaintiff's recovery; -- sometimes with up..

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Barringout :: Barringout (n.) The act of closing the doors of a schoolroom against a schoolmaster; -- a boyish mode of rebellion in schools.
Baromacrometer :: Baromacrometer (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the weight and length of a newborn infant.
Rib :: Rib (n.) A longitudinal strip of metal uniting the barrels of a double-barreled gun.
Axletree :: Axletree (n.) A bar or beam of wood or iron, connecting the opposite wheels of a carriage, on the ends of which the wheels revolve..
Camwood :: Camwood (n.) See Barwood.
Keg :: Keg (n.) A small cask or barrel.
Barge :: Barge (n.) A large boat used by flag officers.
Wherry :: Wherry (n.) A passenger barge or lighter plying on rivers; also, a kind of light, half-decked vessel used in fishing..
Barbadian :: Barbadian (a.) Of or pertaining to Barbados.
Ostrich :: Ostrich (n.) A large bird of the genus Struthio, of which Struthio camelus of Africa is the best known species. It has long and very strong legs, adapted for rapid running; only two toes; a long neck, nearly bare of feathers; and short wings incapable of flight. The adult male is about eight feet high..
Barometrograph :: Barometrograph (n.) A form of barometer so constructed as to inscribe of itself upon paper a record of the variations of atmospheric pressure.
Estoppel :: Estoppel (n.) A stop; an obstruction or bar to one's alleging or denying a fact contrary to his own previous action, allegation, or denial; an admission, by words or conduct, which induces another to purchase rights, against which the party making such admission can not take a position inconsistent with the admission..
Hickory :: Hickory (n.) An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are several species. The shagbark is the C. alba, and has a very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets. The pignut, or brown hickory, is the C. glabra. The swamp hickory is C. amara, having a nut whose shell is very thin and the kernel bitter..
Ligustrin :: Ligustrin (n.) A bitter principle found in the bark of the privet (Ligustrum vulgare), and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a warm, bitter taste; -- called also ligustron..
Truck :: Truck (v. i.) To exchange commodities; to barter; to trade; to deal.
Barcarolle :: Barcarolle (n.) A piece of music composed in imitation of such a song.
Stich :: Sticcado (n.) An instrument consisting of small bars of wood, flat at the bottom and rounded at the top, and resting on the edges of a kind of open box. They are unequal in size, gradually increasing from the smallest to the largest, and are tuned to the diatonic scale. The tones are produced by striking the pieces of wood with hard balls attached to flexible sticks..
Rib :: Rib (n.) One of the timbers, or bars of iron or steel, that branch outward and upward from the keel, to support the skin or planking, and give shape and strength to the vessel..
Article :: Article (v. i.) To agree by articles; to stipulate; to bargain; to covenant.
Handbarrow :: Handbarrow (n.) A frame or barrow, without a wheel, carried by hand..
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