barlingt

[North. E. and Sc., = Barmecide, Barmacide (bär'mē-sid, -ma-sid), n. and a. [ II. a. Like, or like the entertainment of, the Barmecide of the story; hence, unreal, sham, illusory, etc.: as, "my Barmecide friend," Thackeray ; a Barmecide feast or repast. It is a Barmecide Feast; a pleasant field for the imagination to rove in. Dickens , Amer. Notes. barmilian (bär-mil'yan), n. [Origin unknown.] An old name for a kind of fustian goods largely exported from England. E. H. Knight.