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Definition of Barre
1. to play a type of guitar chord [v BARRED, BARRING, BARRES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Barre
Literary usage of Barre
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1885)
"131.1 WPC barre, RICHARD (f. 1170-1202), ecclesiastic and judge, acted as the
envoy of Henry II to the papal court, both shortly before and immediately ..."
2. Biennial Report by Vermont Public Service Commission (1900)
"Name of common carrier making this report: barre Railroad Company. ... Post office
address of general office: barre, Vt. Post office address of operating ..."
3. The History of North America by Guy Carleton Lee, Francis Newton Thorpe (1905)
"Had La barre been a man of experience in Indian dealings he would have known ...
The Senecas plainly told La barre that he could have war or peace as he ..."
4. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1832)
"A NDI take it that, in a scire facias upon a fine, a release of all manner of
actions is a good plea in barre. This upon that which liath been said, ..."
5. Anthony Burns: A History by Charles Emery Stevens (1856)
"James Thompson, DD, of barre, at the end of his ministry of fifty years ...
This was the case of a negro man named Walker, belonging to this town (barre). ..."
6. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"The inhabitants of East barre have always taken water from Jail branch, ...
Jail branch is the natural outlet for the water in East barre, and all water ..."
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