barnet (barnet)

A net placed acro a stream to guide fish into a wing-pond. barney (bär'ni), n. [Perhaps from the proper name Barney for Barnaby, formerly very common as a Christian name, and still common among the Irish. But in 3d sense cf. blarney. ] 1. In mining, a small car used in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania on inclined planes and slopes to push the mine-car up the slope.-2. A prize-fight. [Slang.] -3. Humbug. barney-pit (bärni-pit), n. In the anthracite baroco a slope or plane into which the barney runs, in order to allow the mine-car to run in over it to the foot of the plane. barn-gallon (bärn'gal on), п. A measure containing two imperial gallons of milk; a double gallon. barn-gra (bärn'grås), n. The common cockspur-gra , Panicum Crus - gall i. barn hard tite (bärn'här-tīt), n. [ Barnman, sower, hayward, and woodward were alike serfs. J. R. Green, Short Hist. of Eng., p. 50. barn-owl (bärn'oul), n. 1. The common white owl, Strix flammea or Aluco flammeus : so called from being often found in barns, where it is useful as a destroyer of mice. Its con species or varieties inhabit nearly all temperate regions of the globe. The variety found in the United States is Aluco prat in cola. Also called church -owl. IMG:content-1682.png:[graphic] IMG:content-1683.png:[graphic] IMG:content-1684.png:[graphic] Barn-owl ( Aluco flammeus). 2. pl. The owls of the barn-owl type, genera Strix or Aluco and Phodilus, which differ so decidedly from all other owls that naturalists now consider them types of a distinct family. See owl and Aluconida.