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Barrow   /bˈæroʊ/  /bˈɛroʊ/   Listen
noun
Barrow  n.  
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.


Barrow  n.  A hog, esp. a male hog castrated.


Barrow  n.  
1.
A large mound of earth or stones over the remains of the dead; a tumulus.
2.
(Mining) A heap of rubbish, attle, etc.





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"Barrow" Quotes from Famous Books



... comparable to "Hey diddle diddle," nor had he been able to conceive how anyone could have written it. Did I know the author's name, and had we given him a statue? On this I told him of the young lady of Harrow who would go to church in a barrow, and plied him with whatever rhyming nonsense I could call to mind, but it was no use; all of these things had an element of reality that robbed them of half their charm, whereas "Hey diddle diddle" had nothing in it that could conceivably ...
— The Humour of Homer and Other Essays • Samuel Butler
... for you. You go right ahead and give it to him, Mr. Barrow. He's the new boarder—Mr. Tracy—and I'd just got to where it was getting too ...
— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain
... stop, blinded by a flood of tears. For a minute he beheld himself crushed, lying in fragments at the foot of a high mountain, his shapeless remains gathered up in a barrow, and brought back to Tarascon. Oh, the power of that Provencal imagination! he was present at his own funeral; he heard the lugubrious chants, and the talk above his grave: "Poor Tartarin, pechere!" and, mingling with the crowd of his faithful ...
— Tartarin On The Alps • Alphonse Daudet
... been followed with keen interest by those who look up at the Aristocracy as men look up at the stars. In reference to this case, he quotes to his imaginary friend Arminius the noble sentiment of Barrow: "Men will never be heartily loyal and submissive to authority till they become really good; nor will they ever be very good till they see their leaders such." To which Arminius replies, in his thoughtful manner: "Yes, that is what makes your ...
— Matthew Arnold • G. W. E. Russell
... to another part of the farm, he set him to remove a huge heap of stones with a barrow and shovel, and, leaving them, ...
— Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished - A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure • R.M. Ballantyne


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