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Webster 1913 Edition

Barrow

Bar′row

(băr′rō̍)
,
Noun.
[OE.
barow
, fr. AS.
beran
to bear. See
Bear
to support, and cf.
Bier
.]
1.
A support having handles, and with or without a wheel, on which heavy or bulky things can be transported by hand. See
Handbarrow
, and
Wheelbarrow
.
2.
(Salt Works)
A wicker case, in which salt is put to drain.

Bar′row

(băr′rō̍)
,
Noun.
[OE.
barow
,
bargh
, AS.
bearg
,
bearh
; akin to Icel.
börgr
, OHG.
barh
,
barug
, G.
barch
. √95.]
A hog, esp. a male hog castrated.
Holland.

Bar′row

,
Noun.
[OE.
bergh
, AS.
beorg
,
beorh
, hill, sepulchral mound; akin to G.
berg
mountain, Goth.
bairgahei
hill, hilly country, and perh. to Skr.
bṛhant
high, OIr.
brigh
mountain. Cf.
Berg
,
Berry
a mound, and
Borough
an incorporated town.]
1.
A large mound of earth or stones over the remains of the dead; a tumulus.
2.
(Mining)
A heap of rubbish, attle, etc.

Webster 1828 Edition

Barrow

BAR'ROW

, n.
1.
A light small carriage. A hand-barrow is a frame covered in the middle with boards, and borne by and between two men.
A wheel-barrow, is a frame with a box, supported by one wheel, and rolled by a single man.
2.
A wicker case, in salt works, where the salt is put to drain.

BAR'ROW

, n.
1.
In England, a hog; and according to Ash, obsolete. Barrow-grease is hog's lard.
2.
In America, a male hog castrated; a word in common use.

BAR'ROW

,
Noun.
In the names of places, barrow is used to signify a wood or grove.

BAR'ROW

,
Noun.
A hillock or mound of earth, intended as a repository of the dead. Such barrows are found in England, in the North of the European continent,and in America. They sometimes were formed of stones, and in England called cairns. The barrow answers to the tumulus of the Latins. [See Tomb.]

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