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Definition of Barrings
1. barring [n] - See also: barring
Lexicographical Neighbors of Barrings
Literary usage of Barrings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1895)
"Similar to that of F. marila, but smaller, the white on the fore part of the head
and chin more restricted ; the white and brown barrings on the back and ..."
2. Ochtertyre House Booke of Accomps, 1737-1739 by William Murray, James Colville (1907)
"... barrings Dinner sheep head broth . Mutton in the broth and rost joints . . .
. .4 ... 1 Supper barrings ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... with no forelock, and either a shoulder-stripe or dark barrings on the legs.
There are two races, of which the Nubian E. a. africanus is the smaller, ..."
4. Concealing-coloration in the Animal Kingdom: An Exposition of the Laws of by Gerald Handerson Thayer, Abbott Handerson Thayer (1909)
"But it is the patterns for which the birds of this family are peculiar that we
have here to consider. These are the characteristic barrings on the flank ..."
5. American Game-bird Shooting by George Bird Grinnell (1910)
"The lower plumage is somewhat paler and grayer; the dot- tings and barrings are
black, often quite fine; yet the barrings show a tendency to form spots and ..."
6. The Practice of Copper Smelting by Edward Dyer. Peters (1911)
"Assuming that the furnaces make three products — calcines. flue-dust, and barrings —
their respective weight per hundred pounds of raw material is: calcines ..."