n. [ OE. bern, AS. berern, bern; bere barley + ern, ærn, a close place. √92. See Barley. ] A covered building used chiefly for storing grain, hay, and other productions of a farm. In the United States a part of the barn is often used for stables. [ 1913 Webster ]
Barn owl (Zool.),
Barn swallow (Zool.),
v. t. To lay up in a barn. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Men . . . often barn up the chaff, and burn up the grain. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A child. See Bairn. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Eccl. Hist.) A member of a religious order, named from
n. [ Prob. from E. barnacle a kind of goose, which was popularly supposed to grow from this shellfish; but perh. from LL. bernacula for pernacula, dim. of perna ham, sea mussel; cf. Gr.
Barnacle eater (Zool.),
Barnacle scale (Zool.),
n. [ See Bernicle. ] A bernicle goose. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. bernak, bernacle; cf. OF. bernac, and Prov. F. (Berri) berniques, spectacles. ]
The barnacles . . . give pain almost equal to that of the switch. Youatt. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
n. [ So called in allusion to the fable of the man who burned his barn in order to rid it of rats. ]
n. An opaque adjustable flap on a lamp fixture; used in photography to cut off light from particular areas. [ WordNet 1.5 ]