barras

[Fr.) The French name for the resinous gum of Pinus maritimo, which is the basis of Burgundy pitch. *băr-rạt, *băr'-ětte, * băr'-ět, s. [O. Fr. bar at , barate , barete = fraud, deceit, confusion; Prov. bar at , barata ; Sp. barata ; O. Sp. ba- rato , barata fraud, deceit, Ital bar at to = truck, exchange, deceit, baratta = a fight. Icel. & Goth. baratta = contest; Wel. bar at- ton.] [BARRATOR, BARRATRY, BARTER.] 1. Strife, contest. "Ther nis baret , nother str if." Hickes: Thesaurus, 1. 231. (Boucher.) 2. Sorrow, grief. "And all the baret that he bar It reseld in thin hert ful sar." Cursor Mundi, MS. Edin., 1. 34 b. (S. in Boucher.)