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capfule is quadrangular, with two da/lic valves, and two feeds. There are fix fpecies, none of them natives of Britain. Barbacan, in architefture, a canal, or opening left in the wall, for water to come in and go out, when buildings are eredted in places liable to be overflowed, or to drain off the water from a terras, or the like. BARBADOES, one of the Britilh Caribbee Blands, lying0 eaftward of all the relt, in 590 30'W. long, and 13 N. lat. being only 25 miles in length, and about 15 in breadth. Barbadoes-tar, a mineral fluid of the nature of the thicker fluid bituinens, of a naufeous, bittcrilh tafte, very llrong and difagreeable fmell, found in many parts of America trickling down the fides of the mountains, and fometimes floating on the furface of the Waters. It has Keen greatly recommended in coughs, and other diforders of the breaft and lungs, BARBANCON, a principality of Hainault. BARBARA, among logicians, the lirft mode of the firft figure of fyllogifms. A fyllogifm in barbara, is one whereof all the propofitions are univerfal and affirmative; the middle term being the fubjedt of the firft propofition, and attribute in the fecond. For example. Bar. Every wicked man is miferable; Ba. All tyrants are wicked men ; Ra. Therefore alljtyrants are miferable. BARBARIAN, a name given by the ancient Greeks and Romans to all who were not of their own country, or were not initiated in their language, manners, and cuftoms. In this fenfe the word fignified with them no more than foreigner; not fignifying, as among us, a wild, rude, or unciviliaid perfon. BARBARISM, in a general fenfe, a rudenefs of language or behaviour. Barbarism, in grammar, an offence againft the purity of ftyle or language; or an ungrammatical way of fpeaking or writing, or contrary to the true idiom of any particular language. BARBARY, a large tradt of0 Africa, extending along the Mediterranean, from 2 W. long, to 30° E. long, that is, from the river Mulvia, which feparates it from Morocco, to Egypt. It comprehends the countries of Algers, Tunis, Tripoli, and Barca.
- BARBASOTE, a fea-port of Africa in the kingdom of
Fez, at a little diftance from Ceuta. See Ceuta. BARBE, in commerce, a barbary horfe, greatly efteemed for its beauty, ftrength, and fwiftnefs. Barbes are commonly of a Him lhape, and have very thin legs; they retain their vigour to the laft, and are therefore much prized fbr ftallions. They are ufed both for the faddle and the coach. Barbe, in themilitaryart: To fire in barbe, means to fire the cannon over the parapet, inftead of firing through the embraffures; in which cafe the parapet muft not be above three feet and a half high. Barbe, or Ba.rde, is an old word, denoting the ar. mour of the horfes of the ancient knights and foldiers, Vol. I. No. 22. 3
) R A R who were accoutred at all points. It-is faid to be ati armour of iron and leather, wherewith the neck, breaft, and ffioulders of the horfe were Covered. BARBED, in a general fenfe, bearded like a fiffi-book, fet with barbs; alfo fhaved or trimmed. Barbed, and crested, in heraldry, an appellation given to the combs and gills of a cock, when particularized for being of a different timffure from the body. A barbed crofs, is a crofs, the extremities whereof are like the barbed irons ufed for ftriking of fifli. See Plate LI. fig. 6. BARBELICOTAE, in church hiftory, a fed! of gnoftics, who affirmed that an immortal Eon had commerce with a virgin called Barbelath, to whom he granted fucceflively the gift of prophecy, incorruptibility, and eternal life. BARBER, one who makes a trade of (having or trimming the beards of other men for money. BARBERINO, a town of Tufcany in Italy, fituated upon the river Siera, in 11° E. long. and440 j7 N. lat. BARBERRY, in botany. SccBerberis. BARBICAN, or Barbacan. See Barbacan. BARBLE, or Barbel. See Barbel. BARBLES, or Barbs, in farriery, the knots or fuperfluous fleffi, that grow, up in the channels of a horfe’s mouth ; that is, in the intervalsnhat feparate the bars., and lie under the tongue. BARBOTINE, a feed called femen fantonicum, & femen contra vermes; in Englilh, worm feed. See Worm-seed. BARBORA, a maritime city of Africa, in the kingdom of Adel, upon the ftreights of Babelmandel. BARBUDA, one of the Britiffi Caribbee Iflands, about 200 miles long, and 12 broad, in 6i° W. long, and 18 N. lat. BARBUS, in ichthyology. See Cyprinus. BARBUSINSKOI, a city of Afia, in the Ruffian empire, fituated upon the eaftern bank of the lake Baikal. BARBY, a town of Upper Saxony, in Germany, upon the Elbe. BARBYLA, in botany. See Prunus. BARCA, a country lying on the Mediterranean, between Tripoli and Egypt; a barren defart for the moft part. BARCALON, an apellation given to the prime minifter of the king of Siam. The barcalon has in his department every thing relating to commerce, both at home and abroad. He is likewife fuperintendant of the king’s magazines. BARCELONA, the chief city of Catalonia, in Spain. It is fituated in a large plain along the fhore of the Mediterranean ; being divided into the new and old town, feparated from $aeh other by a wall and ditch : 2° E. long, and 410 20'N. lat, BARCELONETA, a town of Piedmont, nour fubjeft to France: 6° 40' E, long, and 440 35' N. lat, BARCELGR, or Basselor, a port-toum on the coaft of Malabar, in 74° ij7 E. long, and 13 0 3c/ N. lat. BARCELOS, a town of the province ot Entre-MinhoDuro, in Portugal, about 30 miles north of Porto, in 90 15' W. long, and 410 20 N. lat. 6 Q_ BARD,
