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{ } n. [ OE. barbican, barbecan, F. barbacane, LL. barbacana, barbicana, of uncertain origin: cf. Ar. barbakh aqueduct, sewer. F. barbacane also means, an opening to let out water, loophole. ] 1. (Fort.) A tower or advanced work defending the entrance to a castle or city, as at a gate or bridge. It was often large and strong, having a ditch and drawbridge of its own. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An opening in the wall of a fortress, through which missiles were discharged upon an enemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Barbicanage. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ LL. barbicanagium. See Barbican. ] Money paid for the support of a barbican. [ Obs. ] Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Barbados. -- n. A native of Barbados. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or } n. A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Barbados cherry (Bot.), a genus of trees of the West Indies (Malpighia) with an agreeably acid fruit resembling a cherry. --
Barbados leg (Med.), a species of elephantiasis incident to hot climates. --
Barbados nuts, the seeds of the Jatropha curcas, a plant growing in South America and elsewhere. The seeds and their acrid oil are used in medicine as a purgative. See Physic nut. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Coined by logicians. ] (Logic) The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent the various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose three propositions are universal affirmatives. Whately. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions: winter cress.
Syn. -- genus Barbarea.. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Barbaric in form or style; as, barbaresque architecture. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Barbarous. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A foreigner. [ Historical ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me. 1 Cor. xiv. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A man in a rude, savage, or uncivilized state. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A person destitute of culture. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or humanity. “Thou fell barbarian.” Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, or pertaining to, or resembling, barbarians; rude; uncivilized; barbarous; as, barbarian governments or nations. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. barbaricus foreign, barbaric, Gr. barbariko`s. ] 1. Of, or from, barbarian nations; foreign; -- often with reference to barbarous nations of east. “Barbaric pearl and gold.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to, or resembling, an uncivilized person or people; barbarous; barbarian; destitute of refinement. “Wild, barbaric music.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the act or process of barbarizing; an act that makes people primitive and uncivilized.
Syn. -- barbarization. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

same as barbarize. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. barbarismus, Gr. barbarismo`s; cf. F. barbarisme. ] 1. An uncivilized state or condition; rudeness of manners; ignorance of arts, learning, and literature; barbarousness. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A barbarous, cruel, or brutal action; an outrage. [ 1913 Webster ]

A heinous barbarism . . . against the honor of marriage. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An offense against purity of style or language; any form of speech contrary to the pure idioms of a particular language. See Solecism. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Greeks were the first that branded a foreign term in any of their writers with the odious name of barbarism. G. Campbell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Barbarities [ From Barbarous. ] 1. The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Treating Christians with a barbarity which would have shocked the very Moslem. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A barbarous or cruel act. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Barbarism; impurity of speech. [ Obs. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the act or process of barbarizing; an act that makes people primitive and uncivilized.
Syn. -- barbarisation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Barbarized p. pr. & vb. n. Barbarizing ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To become barbarous. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Roman empire was barbarizing rapidly from the time of Trajan. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To adopt a foreign or barbarous mode of speech. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ill habit . . . of wretched barbarizing against the Latin and Greek idiom, with their untutored Anglicisms. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. F. barbariser, LL. barbarizare. ] To make barbarous. [ 1913 Webster ]

The hideous changes which have barbarized France. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

n. [ Fr. Ar. Barbar the people of Barbary. ] The countries on the north coast of Africa from Egypt to the Atlantic. Hence: A Barbary horse; a barb. [ Obs. ] Also, a kind of pigeon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Barbary ape (Zool.), an ape (Macacus innuus) of north Africa and Gibraltar Rock, being the only monkey inhabiting Europe. It is very commonly trained by showmen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a West Indian shrub or small tree (Jacquinia keyensis) having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood.
Syn. -- joewood. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. barbastelle. ] (Zool.) A European bat (Barbastellus communis), with hairy lips. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. barbatus, fr. barba beard. See Barb beard. ] (Bot.) Bearded; beset with long and weak hairs. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having barbed points. [ 1913 Webster ]

A dart uncommonly barbated. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To reduce again to barbarism. -- Re*bar`ba*ri*za"tion n. [1913 Webster]

Germany . . . rebarbarized by polemical theology and religious wars. Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]

a. [ From NL. rhabarbarum, an old name of rhubarb. See Rhubarb. ] Impregnated or tinctured with rhubarb. Floyer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or , n. (Chem.) Chrysophanic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Half barbarous; partially civilized. -- n. One partly civilized. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Half barbarous or uncivilized; as, semibarbaric display. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being half barbarous or uncivilized. [ 1913 Webster ]