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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.]

Definition 2024

Barrow

Barrow

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English

Proper noun

Barrow

  1. A surname​.
  2. A city in Alaska.
  3. One of a few villages in England.
  4. A town in Cumbria, England (properly Barrow-in-Furness).
  5. A river in eastern Ireland.

barrow

barrow

See also: Barrow

English

Noun

barrow ‎(plural barrows)

  1. (obsolete) A mountain.
  2. (chiefly Britain) A hill.
  3. A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
  4. (mining) A heap of rubbish, attle, or other such refuse.
Synonyms
  • (mound of earth over a grave): tumulus
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English barwe, barewe, barowe, from Old English bearwe ‎(“basket, handbarrow”), from Proto-Germanic *barwǭ, *barwijǭ ‎(“stretcher, bier”) (compare Low German Berwe, Old Norse barar (plural), Middle High German radebere ‎(“wheelbarrow”)), from *beraną ‎(“to bear”). More at bear.

Noun

barrow ‎(plural barrows)

  1. A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.
    • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 7, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
      The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.
  2. (saltworks) A wicker case in which salt is put to drain.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 3

From Old English bearg.

Noun

barrow ‎(plural barrows)

  1. (obsolete except in scientific use and in some dialects) A castrated boar.
Translations

Etymology

From Middle English berwe, bergh, from Old English beorg ‎(“mountain, hill, mound, barrow, burial place”), from Proto-Germanic *bergaz ‎(“mountain”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ‎(“high”). Cognate with West Frisian berch ‎(“mountain”), Low German Barg ‎(“mountain”), Dutch berg ‎(“mountain”), German Berg ‎(“mountain”), Danish bjerg ‎(“mountain”), Swedish berg ‎(“mountain”), Icelandic berg, bjarg ‎(“rock”), Polish brzeg ‎(“bank, shore”), Russian бе́рег ‎(béreg, “bank, shore, land”).

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