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 capsule is quadrangular, with two elastic valves, and two feeds. There are fix species, none of them natives of Britain.

Bᴀʀʙᴀᴄᴀɴ, in architecture, a canal, or opening left in the wall, for water to come in and go out, when buildings are erected in places liable to be overflowed or to drain off the water from a terras, or the like.

BARBADOES, one of the British Caribee Islands, lying eastward of all the rest, in 59° 30´ W. long. and 13° N. lat. being only 25 miles in length, and about 15 in breadth.

Bᴀʀʙᴀᴅᴏᴇs-ᴛᴀʀ, a mineral fluid of the nature of the thicker fluid bituinens, of a nauseous, bitterish taste, very strong and disagreeable smell, found in many parts of America trickling down the sides of the mountains, and sometimes floating on the surface of the waters. It has been greatly recommended in coughs, and other disorders of the breth and lungs.

 BARBANCON, a principality of Hainault.

 BARBARA, amoung logicians, the first mode of the first figure of syllogisms a syllogism in barbara, is one whereof all the propositions are universal and affirmative; the middle termis being the subject of the first proposition, and attribute in the second. For example, Bᴀʀ. Every wicked man is miserable; Bᴀ. All tyrants are wicked men; Rᴀ. Therefore all tyrants are miserable.

 BARBARIAN, a name given by the ancient Greeks and Romans to all who were not of their own country or were not initiated in their language, manners, and customs. In this sense the word signified with them no more than foreigner; not signifying, as among us, a wild, rude, or uncivilized oerson.

 BARBARISM, in a general sense, a rudeness of language or behaviour. Bᴀʀʙᴀʀɪsᴍ, in grammar, an offence against the ourity of style or language; or an ungrammatical way of speaking or writing, or contrary to the true idiom of any particular language.

 BARBARY, a large tract of Africa, extending along the Mediterranean, from 2° W. long. to 30° E. long. that is, from the river Mulvia, which seperates it from Morocco, to Egypt. It comprehendsthe countries of Algers, Tunis, Tripoli, and Barca  BARBASOTE, a sea-port of Africa in the kingdom of Fez, at a little distance from Ceuta. See.

 BARBE, in commerce, a barbary horse, greatly esteemed commonly of a slim shape, and have very thin legs; they retain their vigour to the last, and are therefore much prized for stallions. They are used both for the saddle and the coach. Bᴀʀʙᴇ, in the militaryart: To fire in barbe, means to fire the cannon over the parapet, instead of firing through the embrassures; in which case the parapet must not be above three feet and a half high. Bᴀʀʙᴇ, or Bᴀʀᴅᴇ, is an old word, denoting the armour of the horses of the ancient knights and soldiers, who were accountred at all points. It-is said to be an armour of iron and leather, wherewith the neck, breast, and shoulders of the horse were covered.

<section end="Barbe" /> <section begin="Barbed" />BARBED, in a general sense, bearded like a fish-book, set with barbs; also shaved or trimmed. Bᴀʀʙᴇᴅ, and ᴄʀᴇsᴛᴇᴅ, in heraldry, an appellation given to the combs and gills of a cock, when particularized for being of a different tincture from the body. A barbed cross, is a cross, the extremities whereof are like the barbed irons used for striking of fish. See .

<section end="Barbed" /> <section begin="Barbelicotæ" />BARBELICOTÆ, in church-history, a sect of gnostics, who affirmed that an immortal Eon had commerce with a virgin called Barbelath, to whom he granted successively the gift of prophecy, incorruptibility, and eternal life.

<section end="Barbelicotæ" /> <section begin="Barber" />BARBER, one who makes a trade of shaving or trimming the beards of other men for money.

<section end="Barber" /> <section begin="Barberino" />BARBERINO, a town of Tuscany in Italy, situated upon the river Siera, in 11° E. long. and 44° 5´ N. lat.

<section end="Barberino" /> <section begin="Barberry" />BARBERRY, in botany. See.

<section end="Barberry" /> <section begin="Barbican" />BARBICAN, or Bᴀʀʙᴀᴄᴀɴ. See.

<section end="Barbican" /> <section begin="Barble" />BARBLE, or Bᴀʀʙᴇʟ. See.

<section end="Barble" /> <section begin="Barbles" />BARBLES, or Bᴀᴋᴇs, in farriery, the knots or superfluous flsh, that grow, up in the channels of a horse's mouth; that is, in the intervals that seperate the bars, and lie under the tongue.

<section end="Barbles" /> <section begin="Barbotine" />BARBOTINE, a feed called semen fantanicum, & semen contra vermes; in English, worm-seed. See.

<section end="Barbotine" /> <section begin="Barbora" />BARBORA, a maritime city of Africa, in the kingdom of Adel, upon the ftreights of Babelmandel.

<section end="Barbora" /> <section begin="Barbuda" />BARBUDA, one of the British Caribbee Islands, about 200 miles long, and 12 broad, in 61° W. long, and 18 N. lat.

<section end="Barbuda" /> <section begin="Barbus" />BARBUS, in ichthyology. See.

<section end="Barbus" /> <section begin="Barbusinskoi" />BARBUSINSKOI, a city of Asia, in the Russian empire, situated upon the eastern bank of the lake Baikal.

<section end="Barbusinskoi" /> <section begin="Barby" />BARBY, a town of Upper Saxony, in Germany, upon the Elbe.

<section end="Barby" /> <section begin="Barbyla" />BARBYLA, in botany. See.

<section end="Barbyla" /> <section begin="Barca" />BARCA, a country lying on the Mediterranean, between Tripoli and Egypt; a barren desart for the most part.

<section end="Barca" /> <section begin="Barcalon" />BARCALON, an apellation given to the prime minister of the king of Siam. The barcalon has in his department every thing relating to commerce, both at home and abroad. He is likewise superintendant of the king’s magazines.

<section end="Barcalon" /> <section begin="Barcelona" />BARCELONA, the chief city of Catalonia, in Spain. It is situated in a large plain along the shore of the Mediterranean; being divided into the new and old town, separated from aeh other by a wall and ditch: 2° E. long. and 41° 20´N. lat.

<section end="Barcelona" /> <section begin="Barceloneta" />BARCELONETA, a town of Piedmont, now subject to France: 6° 40´ E. long. and 44° 35´ N. lat.

<section end="Barceloneta" /> <section begin="Barcelor" />BARCELOR, or Bᴀssᴇʟᴏʀ, a port-town on the coast of Malabar, in 74° 15´ E. long. and 13° 13´ N. lat. BARCELOS, a town of the province ot Entre-Minho-Duro, in Portugal, about 30 miles north of Porto, in 9° 15' W. long. and 41° 20´ N. lat. <section end="Barcelor" />