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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bar \Bar\ (b[aum]r), noun [OE. barre, F. barre, fr. LL. barra, W. bar the branch of a tree, bar, baren branch, Gael. & Ir. barra bar. [root]91.]
1. A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especially for a hindrance, obstruction, or fastening; as, the bars of a fence or gate; the bar of a door.
Thou shalt make bars of shittim wood. --Ex. xxvi. 26.
2. An indefinite quantity of some substance, so shaped as to be long in proportion to its breadth and thickness; as, a bar of gold or of lead; a bar of soap.
3. Anything which obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.
Must I new bars to my own joy create? --Dryden.
4. A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation.
5. Any railing that divides a room, or office, or hall of assembly, in order to reserve a space for those having special privileges; as, the bar of the House of Commons.
6. (Law) (a) The railing that incloses the place which counsel occupy in courts of justice. Hence, the phrase at the bar of the court signifies in open court. (b) The place in court where prisoners are stationed for arraignment, trial, or sentence. (c) The whole body of lawyers licensed in a court or district; the legal profession. (d) A special plea constituting a sufficient answer to plaintiff's action.
7. Any tribunal; as, the bar of public opinion; the bar of God.
8. A barrier or counter, over which liquors and food are passed to customers; hence, the portion of the room behind the counter where liquors for sale are kept.
9. (Her.) An ordinary, like a fess but narrower, occupying only one fifth part of the field.
10. A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a bar of color.
11. (Mus.) A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures.
Note: A double bar marks the end of a strain or main division of a movement, or of a whole piece of music; in psalmody, it marks the end of a line of poetry. The term bar is very often loosely used for measure, i.e., for such length of music, or of silence, as is included between one bar and the next; as, a passage of eight bars; two bars' rest.
12. (Far.) pl. (a) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed. (b) The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the center of the sole.
13. (Mining) (a) A drilling or tamping rod. (b) A vein or dike crossing a lode.
14. (Arch.) (a) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town. (b) A slender strip of wood which divides and supports the glass of a window; a sash bar.
{Bar shoe} (Far.), a kind of horseshoe having a bar across the usual opening at the heel, to protect a tender frog from injury.
{Bar shot}, a double headed shot, consisting of a bar, with a ball or half ball at each end; -- formerly used for destroying the masts or rigging in naval combat.
{Bar sinister} (Her.), a term popularly but erroneously used for baton, a mark of illegitimacy. See {Baton}.
{Bar tracery} (Arch.), ornamental stonework resembling bars of iron twisted into the forms required.
{Blank bar} (Law). See {Blank}.
{Case at bar} (Law), a case presently before the court; a case under argument.
{In bar of}, as a sufficient reason against; to prevent.
{Matter in bar}, or {Defence in bar}, any matter which is a final defense in an action.
{Plea in bar}, a plea which goes to bar or defeat the plaintiff's action absolutely and entirely.
{Trial at bar} (Eng. Law), a trial before all the judges of one the superior courts of Westminster, or before a quorum representing the full court.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bar \Bar\ (b[aum]r), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Barred} (b[aum]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Barring}.] [ F. barrer. See {Bar}, noun]
1. To fasten with a bar; as, to bar a door or gate.
2. To restrict or confine, as if by a bar; to hinder; to obstruct; to prevent; to prohibit; as, to bar the entrance of evil; distance bars our intercourse; the statute bars my right; the right is barred by time; a release bars the plaintiff's recovery; -- sometimes with up.
He barely looked the idea in the face, and hastened to bar it in its dungeon. --Hawthorne.
3. To except; to exclude by exception.
Nay, but I bar to-night: you shall not gauge me By what we do to-night. --Shak.
4. To cross with one or more stripes or lines.
For the sake of distinguishing the feet more clearly, I have barred them singly. --Burney.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bar
noun
1: a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar" [syn: {barroom}, {saloon}, {ginmill}, {taproom}]
2: a counter where you can obtain food or drink; "he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar"
3: a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon; "there were bars in the windows to prevent escape"
4: musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats; "the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song" [syn: {measure}]
5: an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal; "it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar"
6: the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza" [syn: {prevention}]
7: (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter; "unfortunately some writers have used bar for one dyne per square centimeter"
8: a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore; "the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river"
9: the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction; "he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey" [syn: {legal profession}, {legal community}]
10: a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax); "a bar of chocolate" [syn: {cake}]
11: a portable .30 caliber magazine-fed automatic rifle operated by gas pressure; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War [syn: {Browning automatic rifle}]
12: a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises
13: a heating element in an electric fire; "an electric fire with three bars"
14: (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried; "spectators were not allowed past the bar"
verb
1: prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club" [syn: {debar}, {exclude}]
2: render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road" [syn: {barricade}, {block}, {blockade}, {stop}, {block off}, {block up}]
3: expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country" [syn: {banish}, {relegate}]
4: secure with, or as if with, bars; "He barred the door" [ant: {unbar}] [also: {barring}, {barred}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
698 Moby Thesaurus words for "bar": Hershey bar, Maypole, abscind, accent, accent mark, achievement, ait, alehouse, alerion, ambo, amputate, animal charge, annihilate, annulet, anticipate, arch dam, archipelago, argent, armorial bearings, armory, arms, aside from, atoll, avert, aviation badge, azure, backstop, badge, bamboo curtain, ban, band, bandeau, bang, banish, bank, bar line, bar out, bar sinister, barrage, barrel house, barricade, barrier, barring, barroom, bate, baton, batten, batten down, beam, bear-trap dam, bearings, beaver dam, beer garden, beer parlor, belt, bench, bend, bend sinister, beside, besides, bespangle, bespeckle, bespot, billet, bind, bistro, blank wall, blazon, blazonry, blind alley, blind gut, blind tiger, block, block up, blockade, blockage, blotch, board, bob, bolt, boom, boozer, bordure, bottleneck, boycott, brace, brake, breakwater, breastwork, brick wall, broad arrow, bucket shop, buffer, buffet, bulkhead, bulkhead in, bullion, bulwark, bung, but, button, button up, cabaret, cadency mark, cafe, cancel, cant hook, cantina, canton, caulk, cay, cecum, chaplet, character, charge, check, checker, checkrein, chevron, chicken, chief, chink, chock, choke, choke off, choke up, choking, choking off, circumscribe, circumscription, clap, claw bar, clip, clog, clog up, close, close off, close out, close tight, close up, coat of arms, cockatrice, cocktail lounge, cofferdam, coin gold, coin silver, confine, congest, congestion, constipate, constipation, constrict, contain, continental island, contract, control, copper, coral head, coral island, coral reef, cork, coronet, costiveness, counsel, count out, counter, cover, crack, crank, craze, crescent, crest, crisscross, crop, cross, cross moline, cross-hatching, crossbar, crosscut, crow, crowbar, crowd, crown, cruciate, cul-de-sac, cull, curb, custos, cut, cut across, cut away, cut off, cut out, dam, dam up, dapple, dash, dead end, debar, debarment, debarring, decussate, defense, deflect, degree, delimit, delimitate, delineation, demarcation, deny, deport, desk, deter, device, diagonal, difference, differencing, difficulty, dike, direct, disallow, discourage, disenable, dishearten, disqualify, ditch, dive, dock, dog, dot, dotted line, dramshop, drinkery, drinking saloon, eagle, earthwork, eliminate, embankment, embargo, embolism, embolus, encumbrance, enjoin, enucleate, epaulet, eradicate, ermine, ermines, erminites, erminois, escritoire, escutcheon, estop, ex, except, except for, excepting, exception, excise, exclude, exclude from, excluding, exclusion, exclusive of, exile, expression mark, extinguish, extirpate, falcon, fasten, fence, fend, fend off, fermata, fess, fess point, field, file, fill, fill up, flagstaff, flake, flanch, flat, fleck, fleur-de-lis, fold, fold up, forbid, ford, foreclose, forestall, foul, freckle, freeze out, fret, fur, fusil, garland, gate, gin mill, gold, gold nugget, gorge, gravity dam, griffin, groggery, grogshop, groin, gules, gyron, hachure, hairline, halt, hamper, handspike, hardship, harlequin, hash mark, hatching, hatchment, hedge, helmet, help, hem, heraldic device, hinder, hindrance, hold, holm, honky-tonk, honor point, hurdle, hydraulic-fill dam, ignore, impalement, impaling, impasse, impede, impediment, inadmissibility, inescutcheon, infarct, infarction, ingot, inhibit, injunction, insignia of branch, insularity, intercross, interdict, intersect, iris, iron crow, iron curtain, island, island group, islandology, isle, jam, jetty, jimmy, keep from, keep off, keep out, key, key signature, knock off, label, latch, lead, leaping weir, leave out, leaving out, lectern, ledger line, legal profession, let alone, levee, lever, lie across, ligature, limb, line, lineation, lion, list, local, lock, lock out, lock up, lockout, logjam, lop, lounge, lozenge, maculate, make impossible, mantling, marble, marbleize, mark, marlinespike, marshaling, martlet, mascle, measure, metal, metronomic mark, milldam, moat, mole, motley, mottle, motto, mound, mullet, mutilate, narrowing, nickel, nightclub, nip, nombril point, nonadmission, notation, nugget, oak leaf, obstacle, obstipate, obstipation, obstruct, obstruction, obviate, occlude, oceanic island, octofoil, omission, omit, omitting, or, ordinary, organization insignia, orle, ostracize, outlaw, outrigger, outside of, overseas bar, pack, padlock, pale, palisade, paly, parachute badge, parapet, pare, pass over, patch, pause, pean, peavey, pedal, peel, pepper, pheon, pick out, picket, pinch bar, pip, pleading, plug, plug up, plumb, pole, polychrome, polychromize, portcullis, pothouse, precious metals, preclude, precluding, preclusion, presa, prevent, prize, prohibit, prohibition, proscribe, prune, pry, pub, public, public house, purpure, quarter, quartering, rail, rainbow, rampart, rathskeller, reef, refuse, reject, rejection, relegate, relegation, repel, representation, repress, repudiate, repudiation, restrict, restriction, ripping bar, roadblock, roadhouse, rock-fill dam, rod, root out, rose, rub, rule out, rummery, rumshop, sable, saloon, saloon bar, saltire, sandbank, sandbar, save, save and except, saving, say no to, scape, score, scutcheon, seal, seal off, seal up, sealing off, seawall, secretaire, secretary, secure, segno, send to Coventry, service stripe, set apart, set aside, shaft, shallow, shallows, shave, shear, shelf, shield, shoal, shoal water, shoulder patch, shoulder sleeve insignia, shut, shut off, shut out, shut the door, shut tight, shut up, shutter dam, sign, signature, silver, slab, slam, slash, slur, snag, snap, space, spangle, spar, speakeasy, speck, speckle, spile, splotch, spot, spread eagle, sprinkle, squeeze, squeeze shut, staff, stalk, stamp out, stanch, stand, star, stave, stave off, stay, stem, stench, stick, stifle, stigmatize, stipple, stone wall, stop, stop up, stoppage, stopper, stopple, strangle, strangulate, strangulation, streak, streaking, stria, striate, striation, striature, striga, strike off, string, striola, strip, strip off, stripe, striping, stroke, stud, stuff, stuff up, stumbling block, sublineation, submarine badge, subordinary, suffocate, suppress, suspend, swell, symbol, table, taboo, take off, take out, tap, taproom, tattoo, tavern, tempo mark, tenne, tessellate, than, tidal flats, tie, time signature, tincture, tongue, torse, totem pole, transverse, traverse, treadle, tressure, tribunal, truncate, turn aside, underline, underlining, underscore, underscoring, unicorn, unless, vair, variegate, vein, vert, vicissitude, vinculum, virgule, wall, ward off, watering place, weir, wetlands, wicket dam, wine shop, wipe out, without, work, workbench, wreath, wrecking bar, writing table, yale, yellow stuff, zip up, zipper
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:
bar /bar/ n.
1. [very common] The second {metasyntactic variable}, after {foo} and before {baz}. "Suppose we have two functions: FOO and BAR. FOO calls BAR...." 2. Often appended to {foo} to produce {foobar}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
bar
1. /bar/ The second {metasyntactic variable}, after {foo} and before {baz}. E.g. "Suppose function FOO calls functions BAR..." 2. Often appended to {foo} to produce {foobar}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-03-07)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bar used to denote the means by which a door is bolted (Neh. 3:3); a rock in the sea (Jonah 2:6); the shore of the sea (Job 38:10); strong fortifications and powerful impediments, etc. (Isa. 45:2; Amos 1:5); defences of a city (1 Kings 4:13). A bar for a door was of iron (Isa. 45:2), brass (Ps. 107:16), or wood (Nah. 3:13).
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
BAR Base Address Register (IC)
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