Barwood
(Bar"wood`) n. A red wood of a leguminous tree from Angola and the Gabon in Africa. It is
used as a dyewood, and also for ramrods, violin bows and turner's work.
Barycentric
(Bar`y*cen"tric) a. [Gr. bary`s heavy + ke`ntron center.] Of or pertaining to the center of
gravity. See Barycentric calculus, under Calculus.
Baryphony
(Ba*ryph"o*ny) n. [Gr. bary`s heavy + fwnh` a sound, voice.] (Med.) Difficulty of speech.
Baryta
(Ba*ry"ta) n. [Gr. bary`s heavy. Cf. Baria.] (Chem.) An oxide of barium (or barytum); a heavy
earth with a specific gravity above 4.
Barytes
(Ba*ry"tes) n. [Gr. bary`s heavy: cf. Gr. bary`ths heaviness, F. baryte.] (Min.) Barium sulphate,
generally called heavy spar or barite. See Barite.
Barytic
(Ba*ryt"ic) a. Of or pertaining to baryta.
Baryto-calcite
(Ba*ry"to-cal"cite) n. [Baryta + calcite.] (Min.) A mineral of a white or gray color, occurring
massive or crystallized. It is a compound of the carbonates of barium and calcium.
Barytone
(Bar"y*tone, Bar"i*tone) a. [Gr. bary`tonos; bary`s heavy + to`nos tone.]
1. (Mus.) Grave and deep, as a kind of male voice.
2. (Greek Gram.) Not marked with an accent on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.
Barytone
(Bar"y*tone, Bar"i*tone), n. [F. baryton: cf. It. baritono.]
1. (Mus.) (a) A male voice, the compass of which partakes of the common bass and the tenor, but
which does not descend as low as the one, nor rise as high as the other. (b) A person having a voice
of such range. (c) The viola di gamba, now entirely disused.
2. (Greek Gram.) A word which has no accent marked on the last syllable, the grave accent being
understood.
Barytum
(Ba*ry"tum) n. [NL.] (Chem.) The metal barium. See Barium. [R.]
Basal
(Ba"sal) a. Relating to, or forming, the base.
Basal cleavage. See under Cleavage. — Basal plane (Crystallog.), one parallel to the lateral or
horizontal axis.
Basal-nerved
(Ba"sal-nerved`) a. (Bot.) Having the nerves radiating from the base; — said of leaves.
Basalt
(Ba*salt") n. [L. basaltes (an African word), a dark and hard species of marble found in Ethiopia: cf.
F. basalte.]
1. (Geol.) A rock of igneous origin, consisting of augite and triclinic feldspar, with grains of magnetic or
titanic iron, and also bottle-green particles of olivine frequently disseminated.
It is usually of a greenish black color, or of some dull brown shade, or black. It constitutes immense
beds in some regions, and also occurs in veins or dikes cutting through other rocks. It has often a prismatic
structure as at the Giant's Causeway, in Ireland, where the columns are as regular as if the work of art.
It is a very tough and heavy rock, and is one of the best materials for macadamizing roads.
2. An imitation, in pottery, of natural basalt; a kind of black porcelain.
