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2. Pa.s.sionate, choleric. "A _barmy_ quean," a pa.s.sionate woman, S.

From E. _barm_, yeast.

BARMKYN, BERMKYN, _s._ The rampart or outermost fortification of a castle.

_Wallace._

Fr. _barbacane_; or Teut. _barm_, a mound, with the termination _kin_.

BARNAGE, _s._

1. Barons or n.o.blemen, collectively viewed. Old Fr.

_Wallace._

2. A military company; including both chieftains and followers.

_Douglas._

BARNAT, _adj._ Native.

_Our barnat land_, q. the land of our _barnheid_ or nativity.

_Wallace._

BARNE, _s._ The same with _Barnage_.

Old Fr. _barnez_, n.o.bility.

_Wallace._

BARNE, _s._ A child.

V. ~Bairn~.

BARNE, _s._ Apparently for _barme_, bosom.

_Douglas._

BARNS-BREAKING, _s._ Any mischievous or injurious action; in allusion to the act of _breaking_ up a _barn_ for carrying off corn, S.

BARRACE, BARRAS, BARRES, BARROWIS, _s._

1. A barrier, an outwork at the gate of a castle.

_Wyntown._

2. An inclosure made of felled trees for the defence of armed men.

_Wallace._

3. Lists for combatants.

_Douglas._

Old Fr. _barres_, palaestra.

BARRAT, _s._

1. Hostile intercourse, battle.

_Wallace._

2. Contention, of whatever kind.

_Dunbar._

3. Grief, vexation, trouble.

_Gawan and Gol._

Su. G. Isl. _baratta_, praelium.

BARRATRIE, _s._ The crime of clergymen who went abroad to purchase benefices from the see of Rome for money.

_Acts Ja. I._

L. B. _baratria_, from O. Fr. _barat_, deceit.

BARREL-FERRARIS.

V. ~Ferraris~.

BARREL-FEVERS, _s. pl._ A term used by the vulgar, to denote the disorder produced in the body by intemperate drinking, S.

BARRIE, _s._ A swaddling cloth of flannel, in which the legs of an infant are wrapped for defending them from the cold, S.

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