Barbecue

[From Fr. barbe - d - queue, i. e. from snout to tail. An ox, sheep, hog, or other large animal roasted entire. A large entertainment a embled in the open air, at which whole animals are roasted and eaten, along with other viands. -v. a. To dre and roast an animal whole; which is performed by splitting the carca through to the backbone, and then laying it flat upon a large gridiron, raised about two feet over a charcoal fire. "Old field, with more than harpy throat endued, Cries, 'Send me, gods, a whole hog barbecued.""-Pope. Barbed, p. a. [See BARB.] Jagged with hooks or points; armed as a war-horse.