2. The thing given in exchange.

Syn. -- Exchange; dealing; traffic; trade; truck.

Bar"ter*er (&?;), n. One who barters.

Bar"ter*y (&?;), n. Barter. [Obs.] Camden.

Barth (&?;), n. [Etymol. unknown.] A place of shelter for cattle. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Bar*thol"o*mew tide` (&?;). Time of the festival of St. Bartholomew, August 24th. Shak.

Bar"ti*zan` (&?;), n. [Cf. Brettice.] (Arch.) A small, overhanging structure for lookout or defense, usually projecting at an angle of a building or near an entrance gateway.

Bart"lett (&?;), n. (Bot.) A Bartlett pear, a favorite kind of pear, which originated in England about 1770, and was called Williams' Bonchrétien. It was brought to America, and distributed by Mr. Enoch Bartlett, of Dorchester, Massachusetts.

Bar"ton (bär"tn), n. [AS. beretn courtyard, grange; bere barley + tn an inclosure.] 1. The demesne lands of a manor; also, the manor itself. [Eng.] Burton.

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