Barren, a.
- 1. Unprolific, sterile, childless, infecund, incapable of bearing offspring.
- 2. Destitute of fruit, sterile, acarpous.
- 3. Unfertile, unproductive, sterile, poor, bare.
- 4. Ineffectual, uninstructive, unsuggestive, infecund, leading to nothing, unproductive.
Barricade, n. Obstruction (as in the streets of a city to serve as a fortification). See barrier.
Barricade, v. a. Obstruct, block up, stop up, fortify hastily.
Barrier, n. Obstruction, obstacle, hindrance, bar, barricade, stop, impediment.
Barrister, n. Advocate (admitted to plead at the bar), counsellor, counsel, lawyer, attorney at law, limb of the law, member of the bar.
Barrow, n.
- 1. Wheelbarrow, handbarrow.
- 2. Mound, hillock.
- 3. Hog (especially a castrated hog).
Barter, v. n. Make exchanges, traffic by exchanges, traffic, trade, bargain.
Barter, v. a. Give in exchange, barter away, bargain away, traffic away, trade off.
Barter, n. Exchange, traffic by exchange.
Barter away. See barter.
Baryta, n. Oxide of barium.
Barytes, n. Heavy spar, sulphate of baryta.
Base, a.
- 1. Inferior, of little or no worth, cheap, worthless.
- 2. Debased, spurious, counterfeit, false.
- 3. Plebeian, vulgar, untitled, nameless, lowly, humble, unknown, unhonored, base-born, of low birth.