Bantam

A species of fowl said to have been introduced to Europe from Bantam in Java. Banting. After William Banting, a London cabinetmaker, who in 1863 reduced his superfluous fat by a dietic system peculiarly his own. Bar. In old days, when a counter did not obtain, and drinking ve els had to be set down on the benches or barrel ends, a bar separated the frequenters of a tavern from the drawers or tapsters. Similarly, at the Courts of Law the Bar was a rail behind which a barrister or counsel had to plead his client’s cause.