BARBARISM

(Gr.) In Rhetoric, an offence against purity of style or language, which consists in employing uncouth or antiquated expre ions, or in a igning to terms a different signification from that which usage has conferred on them. BARBASTELLE. a small indigenous bat; Plecotus barb as tell us, Li on. B ARBE L. An indigenous fresh-water fish ( Cyprinus barbtis, Linn.) which takes its name from the proce es termed Barbels. [s. 143]