Vocabulary : Barnabite to Baroko
Barnabite : A member of a religious order, named from St. Barnabas.Barnacle : Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber, ships, etc., esp. (a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies), and (b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and allies). See Cirripedia, and Goose barnacle. ;; A bernicle goose. ;; An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him. ;; Spectacles; -- so called from their resemblance to the barnacles used by farriers.
Barnburner : A member of the radical section of the Democratic party in New York, about the middle of the 19th century, which was hostile to extension of slavery, public debts, corporate privileges, etc., and supported Van Buren against Cass for president in 1848; -- opposed to Hunker.
Barnstormer : An itinerant theatrical player who plays in barns when a theatre is lacking; hence, an inferior actor, or one who plays in the country away from the larger cities.
Barnyard : A yard belonging to a barn.
