Bar"on*et*cy (&?;), n. The rank or patent of a baronet.
Ba*ro"ni*al (&?;), a. Pertaining to a baron or a barony. "Baronial tenure." Hallam.
Bar"o*ny (&?;), 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.
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.
Ba*roque" (&?;), a. [F.; cf. It. barocco.] (Arch.) In bad taste; grotesque; odd.
Bar"o*scope (br"*skp), n. [Gr. baros 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.
{ Bar`o*scop"ic (&?;), Bar`o*scop"ic*al (&?;), } a. Pertaining to, or determined by, the baroscope.
Ba*rouche" (&?;), 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.
Ba`rou*chet" (&?;), n. A kind of light barouche.
Bar"post` (&?;), n. A post sunk in the ground to receive the bars closing a passage into a field.
Barque (&?;), n. Same as 3d Bark, n.
Bar"ra*can (&?;), n. [F. baracan, bouracan (cf. Pr. barracan, It. baracane, Sp. barragan, Pg. barregana, LL. barracanus), fr. Ar. barrakn a kind of black gown, perh. fr. Per. barak a garment made of camel's hair.] A thick, strong stuff, somewhat like camlet; -- still used for outer garments in the Levant.
Bar"rack (&?;), n. [F. baraque, fr. It. baracca (cf. Sp. barraca), from LL. barra bar. See Bar, n.]
1. (Mil.) A building for soldiers, especially when in garrison. Commonly in the pl., originally meaning temporary huts, but now usually applied to a permanent structure or set of buildings.
He lodged in a miserable hut or barrack, composed of dry branches and thatched with straw.
Gibbon.