2. A farmyard. [Eng.] Southey.

Bar"tram (&?;), n. (Bot.) See Bertram. Johnson.

Bar"way` (&?;), n. A passage into a field or yard, closed by bars made to take out of the posts.

Bar"wise` (&?;), adv. (Her.) Horizontally.

Bar"wood` (-wd`), n. A red wood of a leguminous tree (Baphia nitida), from Angola and the Gabon in Africa. It is used as a dyewood, and also for ramrods, violin bows and turner's work.

Bar`y*cen"tric (&?;), a. [Gr. bary`s heavy + ke`ntron center.] Of or pertaining to the center of gravity. See Barycentric calculus, under Calculus.

Ba*ryph"o*ny (&?;), n. [Gr. bary`s heavy + fwnh` a sound, voice.] (Med.) Difficulty of speech.

Ba*ry"ta (&?;), n. [Gr. bary`s heavy. Cf. Baria.] (Chem.) An oxide of barium (or barytum); a heavy earth with a specific gravity above 4.

Ba*ry"tes (&?;), n. [Gr. bary`s heavy: cf. Gr. bary`ths heaviness, F. baryte.] (Min.) Barium sulphate, generally called heavy spar or barite. See Barite.

Ba*ryt"ic (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to baryta.

Ba*ry"to-cal"cite (&?;), n. [Baryta + calcite.] (Min.) A mineral of a white or gray color, occurring massive or crystallized. It is a compound of the carbonates of barium and calcium.

{ Bar"y*tone, Bar"i*tone } (&?;), a. [Gr. bary`tonos; bary`s heavy + to`nos tone.] 1. (Mus.) Grave and deep, as a kind of male voice.

2. (Greek Gram.) Not marked with an accent on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.

{ Bar"y*tone, Bar"i*tone }, n. [F. baryton: cf. It. baritono.] 1. (Mus.) (a) A male voice, the compass of which partakes of the common bass and the tenor, but which does not descend as low as the one, nor rise as high as the other. (b) A person having a voice of such range. (c) The viola di gamba, now entirely disused.

2. (Greek Gram.) A word which has no accent marked on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.

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