Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages). Noah Webster

2. Specifically, Peruvian bark.

       Bark bed. See Bark stove (below). Ð Bark pit, a pit filled with bark and water, in which hides are steeped in tanning. Ð Bark stove (Hort.), a glazed structure for keeping tropical plants, having a bed of tanner's bark ( called a bark bed) or other fermentable matter which produces a moist heat.

       Bark, v.t. [imp. & p.p. Barked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Barking.] 1. To strip the bark from; to peel.

       2. To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel.

       3. To girdle. See Girdle, v.t., 3.

       4. To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark; as, to bark the roof of a hut.

       Bark, v.i. [OE. berken, AS. beorcan; akin to Icel. berkja, and prob. to E. break.] 1. To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs; Ð said of some animals, but especially of dogs.

       2. To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.

       They bark, and say the Scripture maketh heretics.

       Tyndale.

       Where there is the barking of the belly, there no other commands will be heard, much less obeyed.

       Fuller.

       Bark, n. The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar sound made by some other animals.

       Bark, Barque (?), n. [F. barque, fr. Sp. or It. barca, fr. LL. barca for barica. See Barge.]

       1. Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind.

       Byron.

       2. (Naut.) A threeÐmasted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast squarerigged, and her mizzenmast schoonerÐrigged.

       Bark¶anÏtine (?), n. Same as Barkentine.

       Bark¶ bee·tle (?). (Zo”l.) A small beetle of many species (family Scolytid‘), which in the larval state bores under or in the bark of trees, often doing great damage.

       Bark¶bound· (?), a. Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.

       Bar¶keep·er (?), n. One who keeps or tends a bar for the sale of liquors.

       Bark¶en (?), a. Made of bark. [Poetic]

       Whittier.

       Bark¶enÏtine (?), n. [See Bark, n., a vessel.] (Naut.) A threemasted vessel, having the foremast squareÐrigged, and the others schoonerÐrigged. [Spel? also barquentine, barkantine, etc.] See Illust. in Append.

       Bark¶er (?), n. 1. An animal that barks; hence, any one who clamors unreasonably.

       2. One who stands at the doors of shops to urg? passers by to make purchases. [Cant, Eng.]

       3. A pistol. [Slang]

       Dickens.

       4. (Zo”l.) The spotted redshank.

       Bark¶er, n. One who strips trees of their bark.

       Bark¶er's mill· (?). [From Dr. Barker, the inventor.] A machine, invented in the 17th century, worked by a form of reaction wheel. The water flows into a vertical tube and gushes from apertures in hollow horizontal arms, causing the machine to revolve on its axis.

       Bark¶erÏy (?), n. A tanhouse.

       Bark¶ing i·rons (?). 1. Instruments used in taking off the bark of trees.

       Gardner.

       2. A pair of pistols. [Slang]

       Bark¶less, a. Destitute of bark.

       Bark¶ louse· (?). (Zo”l.) An insect of the family Coccid‘, which infests the bark of trees and vines.

       µ The wingless females assume the shape of scales. The bark louse of vine is Pulvinaria innumerabilis; that of the pear is Lecanium pyri. See Orange scale.

       Bark¶y (?), a. Covered with, or containing, bark. ½The barky fingers of the elm.¸

       Shak.

       Bar¶ley (?), n. [OE. barli, barlich, AS. b‘rlic; bere barley + lÆc (which is prob. the same as E. like, adj., or perh. a form of AS. le¾c leek). AS. bere is akin to Icel, barr barley, Goth. barizeins made of barley, L. far spelt; cf. W. barlys barley, bara bread. ?92. Cf. Farina, 6th Bear.] (Bot.) A valuable grain, of the family of grasses, genus Hordeum, used for food, and for making malt, from which are prepared beer, ale, and whisky.