barret1t

[F. barrette (= Sp. barret a ), dim. of barre, a bar: see bar1.] A little bar. barret2 (bar'et), n. [Also baret , barrette = Pr. barret a , berret a = Sp. birreta = It. ber- retta : see biretta and birr us .] 1. Same as bi- retta. 2. A sort of ancient military cap or headpiece. Scott . Also called barret - cap . barret3t, n. See barrat . barret-cap (bar'et-kap), n. Same as barret2 , 2. Old England's sign, St. George's cro , His barret - cap did grace. Scott , L. of L. M., iii. 16. barretero (bar-e-tārō), n. [Sp., barret a , dim. of barra , a bar, crowbar: see barret1 and bar1 .] A miner who wields a crowbar, wedge, or pick. The ores. are so soft that a single barretero can throw down many tons a day. L. Hamilton , Mex. Handbook, p. 73. a barretor, barretry, etc. See barrator , etc. barr-fish (bär'fish), n. [Cf. bar2 .] A name of the crappie, Pomoxys annular is , a centrarchoid fish. See cut under crappie . 6. Devoid; lacking; wanting: with of: as, hill barren of trees; a mind barren of ideas. Our latest letters from America are of the middle of April, and are extremely barren of news. Jefferson, Correspondence, I. 242. It is impo ible to look without amazement on a mind so fertile in combinations, yet so barren of images. Macaulay , Petrarch. 7. Not producing or leading to anything; profitle ; fruitle : as, barren tears; a barren attachment.-8. Destitute of interest or attraction; unsuggestive; uninstructive; bald; bare: as, a barren list of names.