Defn: See Barbican.
BARBACANAGE
Bar"ba*can*age, n.
Defn: See Barbicanage.
BARBADIAN
Bar*ba"di*an, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Barbados.
— n.
Defn: A native of Barbados.
BARBADOS; BARBADOES
Bar*ba"dos or Bar*ba"does, n.
Defn: A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc. 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.
BARBARA
Bar"ba*ra, n. Etym: [Coined by logicians.] (Logic)
Defn: 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.