Barrow

[A.S. bere we, from beran, to bear, to carry.] A small vehicle which bears or carries a load; a small hand or wheel carriage; as, a hand- barrow, a wheel- barrow. ( Salt Manuf . ) A wicker case into which the salt is put to drain. -n. [Skr. bardha, wardha, a hog.] A hog, more particularly one that is castrated. -n. [A.S. beorg , beorh , from be organ , to shelter, to keep, to preserve.] A hill or hillock; a small mountain; a place of defence or refuge; a heap; a sepulchral mound. (Archæol.) A name given to large artificial mounds of earth raised over the graves of warriors, and men of renown, in bygone ages. Barrows are considered to be the most ancient sepulchral monuments in the world. - See TUMULUS. Bar'rowdale, in South Carolina , a village of Fairfield district, 25 m. N. of Columbia. Bar'row's Straits, in British N. America, forms the connecting channel between Baffin's Bay on the E., and the Polar Sea on the W. It lies in a direction parallel to the equator, between Lat. 73° 45′ and 74° 40′ N., and is considered to terminate at Wellington Channel, in Lon. 91° 47' W.; the mouth in Baffin's Bay being nearly on the 80th meridian. It is therefore about 200 m. in length from E. to W., and between 60 and 70 m. in average width. Both shores are broken by a great number of inlets; that of the Prince Regent, on the S., is of very considerable extent. It was found by Sir James Ro to terminate in a great gulf, called by him Boothia. The water of this strait is very deep, the soundings frequently giving upwards of 200 fathoms, and very often no bottom can be found.