barca (bark a)

[It., Sp., bark: see bark3. ] A boat, skiff, or barge. N. E. D. Barca longa (lit. long boat), a fishing-boat, common in the Mediterranean. Fincham, Ship-building, iv. 11. Barcan (bär'kan), a . Of or pertaining to Bar- ca, a vilayet of the Turkish empire, in northern Africa, lying to the north of the Libyan desert, and between Egypt and the gulf of Sidra. Take the wings Of morning, pierce the Barcan wilderne . Bryant, Thanatopsis. barcarole (bär'ka-rol), n. [ F. bar carolle, > E. barcarole, a boatman's song), Also spelled barcarolle .