Barkpit

A pit filled with bark and water, in which hides are steeped in tanning. Bark' River, in Wisconsin, rising in Washington co., enters Rock River in Jefferson co. -A post-office of Jefferson co. Bark'-stove, n . A glazed structure for keeping tropical plants, having a bed of tanner's bark, or other fermentable matter which produces a moist heat. Bark'ton, in Illinois , a village of Saline co., 8 m. S.W. of Raleigh. Bark'y, a. Consisting of, or containing bark. "Joy so enrings the barky fingers of the elm."-Shaks.