a. [ L. barbarus, Gr. ba`rbaros, strange, foreign; later, slavish, rude, ignorant; akin to L. balbus stammering, Skr. barbara stammering, outlandish. Cf. Brave, a. ] 1. Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Foreign; adapted to a barbaric taste. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Barbarous gold. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Cruel; ferocious; inhuman; merciless. [ 1913 Webster ]

By their barbarous usage he died within a few days, to the grief of all that knew him. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Contrary to the pure idioms of a language. [ 1913 Webster ]

A barbarous expression G. Campbell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Uncivilized; unlettered; uncultivated; untutored; ignorant; merciless; brutal. See Ferocious. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a barbarous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being barbarous; barbarity; barbarism. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ It. ] (Arch.) See Baroque. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ba`ros weight + cyclone + -meter. ] (Meteorol.) An aneroid barometer for use with accompanying graphic diagrams and printed directions designed to aid mariners to interpret the indications of the barometer so as to determine the existence of a violent storm at a distance of several hundred miles. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. ba`ros weight + -gram. ] (Meteor.) A tracing, usually made by the barograph, showing graphically the variations of atmospheric pressure for a given time. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. ba`ros weight + -graph. ] (Meteor.) An instrument for recording automatically the variations of atmospheric pressure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A mnemonic word. ] (Logic) A form or mode of syllogism of which the first proposition is a universal affirmative, and the other two are particular negatives. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ba`ros weight + -logy. ] The science of weight or gravity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ba`ros weight + makro`s long + -meter. ] (Med.) An instrument for ascertaining the weight and length of a newborn infant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ba`ros weight + -meter: cf. F. baromètre. ] An instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere, and hence for judging of the probable changes of weather, or for ascertaining the height of any ascent. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The barometer was invented by Torricelli at Florence about 1643. It is made in its simplest form by filling a graduated glass tube about 34 inches long with mercury and inverting it in a cup containing mercury. The column of mercury in the tube descends until balanced by the weight of the atmosphere, and its rise or fall under varying conditions is a measure of the change in the atmospheric pressure. At the sea level its ordinary height is about 30 inches (760 millimeters). See Sympiesometer. Nichol. [ 1913 Webster ]

Aneroid barometer. See Aneroid barometer, under Aneroid. --
Marine barometer, a barometer with tube contracted at bottom to prevent rapid oscillations of the mercury, and suspended in gimbals from an arm or support on shipboard. --
Mountain barometer, a portable mercurial barometer with tripod support, and long scale, for measuring heights. --
Siphon barometer, a barometer having a tube bent like a hook with the longer leg closed at the top. The height of the mercury in the longer leg shows the pressure of the atmosphere. --
Wheel barometer, a barometer with recurved tube, and a float, from which a cord passes over a pulley and moves an index. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to the barometer; made or indicated by a barometer; as, barometric changes; barometrical observations. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By means of a barometer, or according to barometric observations. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ba`ros weight + me`tron measure + -graph. ] A form of barometer so constructed as to inscribe of itself upon paper a record of the variations of atmospheric pressure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art or process of making barometrical measurements. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Russ. baranets' clubmoss. ] (Bot.) The woolly-skinned rhizoma or rootstock of a fern (Dicksonia barometz), which, when specially prepared and inverted, somewhat resembles a lamb; -- called also Scythian lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. baron, barun, OF. baron, accus. of ber, F. baron, prob. fr. OHG. baro (not found) bearer, akin to E. bear to support; cf. O. Frisian bere, LL. baro, It. barone, Sp. varon. From the meaning bearer (of burdens) seem to have come the senses strong man, man (in distinction from woman), which is the oldest meaning in French, and lastly, nobleman. Cf. L. baro, simpleton. See Bear to support. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and Germany, a nobleman next in rank below a count; in England, a nobleman of the lowest grade in the House of Lords, being next below a viscount. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ “The tenants in chief from the Crown, who held lands of the annual value of four hundred pounds, were styled Barons; and it is to them, and not to the members of the lowest grade of the nobility (to whom the title at the present time belongs), that reference is made when we read of the Barons of the early days of England's history. . . . Barons are addressed as ‘My Lord, ' and are styled ‘Right Honorable.' All their sons and daughters are ‘Honorable.'” Cussans. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Old Law) A husband; as, baron and feme, husband and wife. [ R. ] Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Baron of beef, two sirloins not cut asunder at the backbone. --
Barons of the Cinque Ports, formerly members of the House of Commons, elected by the seven Cinque Ports, two for each port. --
Barons of the exchequer, the judges of the Court of Exchequer, one of the three ancient courts of England, now abolished. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. barnage, baronage, OF. barnage, F. baronnage; cf. LL. baronagium. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The whole body of barons or peers. [ 1913 Webster ]

The baronage of the kingdom. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The dignity or rank of a baron. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The land which gives title to a baron. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as baranduki; the terrestrial Siberian squirrel.
Syn. -- baranduki, barunduki, burunduki, Eutamius asiaticus, Eutamius sibiricus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A baron's wife; also, a lady who holds the baronial title in her own right; as, the Baroness Burdett-Coutts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Baron + -et. ] A dignity or degree of honor next below a baron and above a knight, having precedency of all orders of knights except those of the Garter. It is the lowest degree of honor that is hereditary. The baronets are commoners. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The order was founded by James I. in 1611, and is given by patent. The word, however, in the sense of a lesser baron, was in use long before. “Baronets have the title of 'Sir' prefixed to their Christian names; their surnames being followed by their dignity, usually abbreviated Bart. Their wives are addressed as 'Lady' or 'Madam'. Their sons are possessed of no title beyond 'Esquire.'” Cussans. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. State or rank of a baronet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The collective body of baronets. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The rank or patent of a baronet. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] A kind of cutting weapon similar to a cleaver, with a thick back and thin razorlike edge, used by the Moros of the Philippine Islands. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Pertaining to a baron or a barony. “Baronial tenure.” Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Baronies [ OF. baronie, F. baronnie, LL. baronia. See Baron. ] 1. The fee or domain of a baron; the lordship, dignity, or rank of a baron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In Ireland, a territorial division, corresponding nearly to the English hundred, and supposed to have been originally the district of a native chief. There are 252 of these baronies. In Scotland, an extensive freehold. It may be held by a commoner. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F.; cf. It. barocco. ] (Arch.) 1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, an artistic style common in the 17th century, characterized by the use of complex and elaborate ornamentation, curved rather than straight lines, and, in music a high degree of embellishment. [ PJC ]

2. Hence, overly complicated, or ornamented to excess; in bad taste; grotesque; odd. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

3. Irregular in form; -- said esp. of a pearl. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. ba`ros weight + -scope: cf. F. baroscope. ] Any instrument showing the changes in the weight of the atmosphere; also, less appropriately, any instrument that indicates or foreshadows changes of the weather, as a deep vial of liquid holding in suspension some substance which rises and falls with atmospheric changes. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to, or determined by, the baroscope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; weight + thermograph. ] An instrument for recording both pressure and temperature, as of the atmosphere. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ G. barutsche, It. baroccio, biroccio, LL. barrotium, fr. L. birotus two-wheeled; bi- = bis twice + rota wheel. ] A four-wheeled carriage, with a falling top, a seat on the outside for the driver, and two double seats on the inside arranged so that the sitters on the front seat face those on the back seat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of light barouche. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Eng. Law) The presiding judge of the court of exchequer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) An inferior court of civil jurisdiction, attached to a manor, and held by the steward; a baron's court; -- now fallen into disuse. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Law) Under the protection of a husband; married. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Gibaros /plu>. [ Amer. Sp. jíbaro wild. ] (Ethnol.) The offspring of a Spaniard and an Indian; a Spanish-Indian mestizo. [ Sp. Amer. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Hydro-, 1 + barometer. ] An instrument for determining the depth of the sea water by its pressure. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Iso + barometric. ] (Phys. Geog.) Indicating equal barometric pressure. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. See Baronet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Micro- + barograph. ] An instrument for recording minor fluctuations of atmospheric pressure, as opposed to general barometric surges. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Half barbarous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. th^le far + hydrobarometer. ] An instrument for indicating the level of water in a distant tank or reservior. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Physics) An instrument for recording simultaneously the pressure and temperature of a gas; a combined thermograph and barograph. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Thermo- + barometer. ] 1. (Physics) An instrument for determining altitudes by the boiling point of water. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A siphon barometer adapted to be used also as a thermometer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

(Physics) A barometer in which the changes of atmospheric pressure are indicated by the motion of a column of water instead of mercury. It requires a column of water about thirty-three feet in height. [ 1913 Webster ]