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" What is laid cross a passage to hinder entrance ; a bolt ; obstruction ; a gate ; a rock, or bank of sand, at the entrance of a harbour... "
The young scholar's Latin-English dictionary, being an abridgment of the ... - Page 18
by Joseph Esmond Riddle - 1853
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A Dictionary of the English Language, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - English language - 1828 - 860 pages
...christen. BAR, (bar) nt What is laid cross a passage to hinder entrance ; a bolt ; obstruction ; a gate ; a rock, or bank of sand, at the entrance of a harbour ; what is used for prevention, or exclusion : the place in courts of law where causes are tried, or...
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Johnson's English Dictionary, as Improved by Todd, and Abridged by Chalmers ...

Samuel Johnson - 1832 - 1738 pages
...What is laid across a passage to hinder entrance. IZxodiu. A bolt. Nehemiah. Obslruclion. Job. A Rate. A rock, or bank of sand, at the entrance of a harbour. \Vhat is used for prevention, or exclusion. Hookv. The place where causes of law are tried, or where...
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Walker Remodelled: A New Critical Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language

John Walker, Benjamin Humphrey Smart - Names in the Bible - 1836 - 820 pages
...wood or metal something which bfing across a passage hinder* en franco: a bolt; obstruction; a gate; a rock or bank of sand at the entrance of a harbour; a tribunal of jus tire; (see lower down:) in law, a peremptory exception ngain-t a demand or pica ;...
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A new universal etymological technological, and pronouncing ..., Volume 1

John Craig (F.G.S.) - 1859 - 1150 pages
...any obstacle which obstructs; obstruction ; a gate, as, * without the bars or gates of the city ;' a rock, or bank of sand, at the entrance of a harbour or river, which ships cannot sail over at low water; anything used for prevention or exclusion ; the place...
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Critical Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language: Incorporating the ...

1861 - 842 pages
...bip-ti'z-er, я. One that christens. BAPTIZING, bip-ti'z-îng, ppr. Christening. BAR, ba'r, я. Obstruction. A rock or bank of sand, at the entrance of a harbour. The place where causes of law are tried, or where criminals stand. An inclosed place in a tavern. A...
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Walker's Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language: Adapted to the ...

John Walker - English language - 1874 - 938 pages
...wood or metal ; something which being across a passage hinders entrance: a bolt; obstruction; a gate; a rock or bank of sand at the entrance of a harbour : ai ribunal of justice; (see lower down:) in law, a peremptory exception against a demand or plea;...
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