barrow2 (baro)

[ pl., pl., a bier, Sw. bår, barrow, bier, Dan. baare, bier, AS. bær, E. bier; also L. feretrum, s ρετρον, a litter, bier, all from the same ult. source), barrow4 (bar'ō), n. [ berwe , bearu , a grove (= Icel. börr , a kind of tree); perhaps orig. a fruit-bearing tree, beran = Icel. bera , bear.] A wood or grove: a word surviving only in English local names, as Barrow -in- Furne , Barrow field . barrow (bar'ō), n. [E. dial., also barry , bar- rie . Origin obscure, perhaps ult. gan , cover, protect.] Same as barrow - coat . barrow-coat (bar'ō-kōt), n. [E. dial., also bar- rico at ; barrows + coat .] A square or oblong piece of flannel, wrapped round an infant's body below the arms, the part extending be- yond the feet being turned up and pinned. Also called barrow and barry . barrow man (bar'ō-man), n.; pl. barrow men (-men). A man employed in wheeling a bar- row; specifically, in coal - mining , one who con- veys the coal in a wheelbarrow from the point where it is mined to the trolley way or tram- way on which it is carried to the place where it is raised to the surface.