[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bar \bar\ baumr, n. oe. barre, f. barre, fr. ll. barra, w.
   bar the branch of a tree, bar, baren branch, gael.  ir.
   barra bar. root91.
   1. a piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in
      proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever
      and for various other purposes, but especially for a
      hindrance, obstruction, or fastening; as, the bars of a
      fence or gate; the bar of a door.
      1913 webster

            thou shalt make bars of shittim wood. --ex. xxvi.
                                                  26.
      1913 webster

   2. an indefinite quantity of some substance, so shaped as to
      be long in proportion to its breadth and thickness; as, a
      bar of gold or of lead; a bar of soap.
      1913 webster

   3. anything which obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an
      obstruction; a barrier.
      1913 webster

            must i new bars to my own joy create? --dryden.
      1913 webster

   4. a bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth
      of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation.
      1913 webster

   5. any railing that divides a room, or office, or hall of
      assembly, in order to reserve a space for those having
      special privileges; as, the bar of the house of commons.
      1913 webster

   6. law
      a the railing that incloses the place which counsel
          occupy in courts of justice. hence, the phrase at the
          bar of the court signifies in open court.
      b the place in court where prisoners are stationed for
          arraignment, trial, or sentence.
      c the whole body of lawyers licensed in a court or
          district; the legal profession.
      d a special plea constituting a sufficient answer to
          plaintiff's action.
          1913 webster

   7. any tribunal; as, the bar of public opinion; the bar of
      god.
      1913 webster

   8. a barrier or counter, over which liquors and food are
      passed to customers; hence, the portion of the room behind
      the counter where liquors for sale are kept.
      1913 webster

   9. her. an ordinary, like a fess but narrower, occupying
      only one fifth part of the field.
      1913 webster

   10. a broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a
       bar of color.
       1913 webster

   11. mus. a vertical line across the staff. bars divide the
       staff into spaces which represent measures, and are
       themselves called measures.
       1913 webster

   note: a double bar marks the end of a strain or main division
         of a movement, or of a whole piece of music; in
         psalmody, it marks the end of a line of poetry. the
         term bar is very often loosely used for measure, i.e.,
         for such length of music, or of silence, as is included
         between one bar and the next; as, a passage of eight
         bars; two bars' rest.
         1913 webster

   12. far. pl.
       a the space between the tusks and grinders in the upper
           jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.
       b the part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent
           inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side,
           and extends into the center of the sole.
           1913 webster

   13. mining
       a a drilling or tamping rod.
       b a vein or dike crossing a lode.
           1913 webster

   14. arch.
       a a gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.
       b a slender strip of wood which divides and supports
           the glass of a window; a sash bar.
           1913 webster

   bar shoe far., a kind of horseshoe having a bar across
      the usual opening at the heel, to protect a tender frog
      from injury.

   bar shot, a double headed shot, consisting of a bar, with a
      ball or half ball at each end; -- formerly used for
      destroying the masts or rigging in naval combat.

   bar sinister her., a term popularly but erroneously used
      for baton, a mark of illegitimacy. see baton.

   bar tracery arch., ornamental stonework resembling bars
      of iron twisted into the forms required.

   blank bar law. see blank.

   case at bar law, a case presently before the court; a
      case under argument.

   in bar of, as a sufficient reason against; to prevent.

   matter in bar, or defence in bar, any matter which is a
      final defense in an action.

   plea in bar, a plea which goes to bar or defeat the
      plaintiff's action absolutely and entirely.

   trial at bar eng. law, a trial before all the judges of
      one the superior courts of westminster, or before a quorum
      representing the full court.
      1913 webster
see also:
bar shoe bar shot bar sinister baton bar tracery blank bar 
blank case at bar in bar of matter in bar defence in bar 
plea in bar trial at bar 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bar \bar\ baumr, v. t. imp.  p. p. barred baumrd; p.
   pr.  vb. n. barring.  f. barrer. see bar, n.
   1. to fasten with a bar; as, to bar a door or gate.
      1913 webster

   2. to restrict or confine, as if by a bar; to hinder; to
      obstruct; to prevent; to prohibit; as, to bar the entrance
      of evil; distance bars our intercourse; the statute bars
      my right; the right is barred by time; a release bars the
      plaintiff's recovery; -- sometimes with up.
      1913 webster

            he barely looked the idea in the face, and hastened
            to bar it in its dungeon.             --hawthorne.
      1913 webster

   3. to except; to exclude by exception.
      1913 webster

            nay, but i bar to-night: you shall not gauge me
            by what we do to-night.               --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. to cross with one or more stripes or lines.
      1913 webster

            for the sake of distinguishing the feet more
            clearly, i have barred them singly.   --burney.
      1913 webster
see also:
barred barring bar 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

bar
     n 1: a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served
          over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at
          the bar" syn: barroom, saloon, ginmill, taproom
     2: a counter where you can obtain food or drink; "he bought a
        hot dog and a coke at the bar"
     3: a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening
        or obstruction or weapon; "there were bars in the windows
        to prevent escape"
     4: musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats;
        "the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song"
        syn: measure
     5: an obstruction usually metal placed at the top of a goal;
        "it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar"
     6: the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving";
        "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of
        influenza" syn: prevention
     7: meteorology a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes
        per square centimeter; "unfortunately some writers have
        used bar for one dyne per square centimeter"
     8: a submerged or partly submerged ridge in a river or along
        a shore; "the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the
        river"
     9: the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a
        particular jurisdiction; "he was admitted to the bar in
        new jersey" syn: legal profession, legal community
     10: a block of solid substance such as soap or wax; "a bar of
         chocolate" syn: cake
     11: a portable .30 caliber magazine-fed automatic rifle operated
         by gas pressure; used by united states troops in world
         war i and in world war ii and in the korean war syn: browning
         automatic rifle
     12: a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as
         they perform exercises
     13: a heating element in an electric fire; "an electric fire
         with three bars"
     14: law a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom
         where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried;
         "spectators were not allowed past the bar"
     v 1: prevent from entering; keep out; "he was barred from
          membership in the club" syn: debar, exclude
     2: render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade
        the streets"; "stop the busy road" syn: barricade, block,
         blockade, stop, block off, block up
     3: expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his
        own country" syn: banish, relegate
     4: secure with, or as if with, bars; "he barred the door" ant:
         unbar
     also: barring, barred
see also:
barroom saloon ginmill taproom measure prevention 
legal profession legal community cake browning automatic rifle debar 
exclude barricade block blockade stop 
block off block up banish relegate unbar 
barring barred 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

698 moby thesaurus words for "bar":
   hershey bar, maypole, abscind, accent, accent mark, achievement,
   ait, alehouse, alerion, ambo, amputate, animal charge, annihilate,
   annulet, anticipate, arch dam, archipelago, argent,
   armorial bearings, armory, arms, aside from, atoll, avert,
   aviation badge, azure, backstop, badge, bamboo curtain, ban, band,
   bandeau, bang, banish, bank, bar line, bar out, bar sinister,
   barrage, barrel house, barricade, barrier, barring, barroom, bate,
   baton, batten, batten down, beam, bear-trap dam, bearings,
   beaver dam, beer garden, beer parlor, belt, bench, bend,
   bend sinister, beside, besides, bespangle, bespeckle, bespot,
   billet, bind, bistro, blank wall, blazon, blazonry, blind alley,
   blind gut, blind tiger, block, block up, blockade, blockage,
   blotch, board, bob, bolt, boom, boozer, bordure, bottleneck,
   boycott, brace, brake, breakwater, breastwork, brick wall,
   broad arrow, bucket shop, buffer, buffet, bulkhead, bulkhead in,
   bullion, bulwark, bung, but, button, button up, cabaret,
   cadency mark, cafe, cancel, cant hook, cantina, canton, caulk, cay,
   cecum, chaplet, character, charge, check, checker, checkrein,
   chevron, chicken, chief, chink, chock, choke, choke off, choke up,
   choking, choking off, circumscribe, circumscription, clap,
   claw bar, clip, clog, clog up, close, close off, close out,
   close tight, close up, coat of arms, cockatrice, cocktail lounge,
   cofferdam, coin gold, coin silver, confine, congest, congestion,
   constipate, constipation, constrict, contain, continental island,
   contract, control, copper, coral head, coral island, coral reef,
   cork, coronet, costiveness, counsel, count out, counter, cover,
   crack, crank, craze, crescent, crest, crisscross, crop, cross,
   cross moline, cross-hatching, crossbar, crosscut, crow, crowbar,
   crowd, crown, cruciate, cul-de-sac, cull, curb, custos, cut,
   cut across, cut away, cut off, cut out, dam, dam up, dapple, dash,
   dead end, debar, debarment, debarring, decussate, defense, deflect,
   degree, delimit, delimitate, delineation, demarcation, deny,
   deport, desk, deter, device, diagonal, difference, differencing,
   difficulty, dike, direct, disallow, discourage, disenable,
   dishearten, disqualify, ditch, dive, dock, dog, dot, dotted line,
   dramshop, drinkery, drinking saloon, eagle, earthwork, eliminate,
   embankment, embargo, embolism, embolus, encumbrance, enjoin,
   enucleate, epaulet, eradicate, ermine, ermines, erminites,
   erminois, escritoire, escutcheon, estop, ex, except, except for,
   excepting, exception, excise, exclude, exclude from, excluding,
   exclusion, exclusive of, exile, expression mark, extinguish,
   extirpate, falcon, fasten, fence, fend, fend off, fermata, fess,
   fess point, field, file, fill, fill up, flagstaff, flake, flanch,
   flat, fleck, fleur-de-lis, fold, fold up, forbid, ford, foreclose,
   forestall, foul, freckle, freeze out, fret, fur, fusil, garland,
   gate, gin mill, gold, gold nugget, gorge, gravity dam, griffin,
   groggery, grogshop, groin, gules, gyron, hachure, hairline, halt,
   hamper, handspike, hardship, harlequin, hash mark, hatching,
   hatchment, hedge, helmet, help, hem, heraldic device, hinder,
   hindrance, hold, holm, honky-tonk, honor point, hurdle,
   hydraulic-fill dam, ignore, impalement, impaling, impasse, impede,
   impediment, inadmissibility, inescutcheon, infarct, infarction,
   ingot, inhibit, injunction, insignia of branch, insularity,
   intercross, interdict, intersect, iris, iron crow, iron curtain,
   island, island group, islandology, isle, jam, jetty, jimmy,
   keep from, keep off, keep out, key, key signature, knock off,
   label, latch, lead, leaping weir, leave out, leaving out, lectern,
   ledger line, legal profession, let alone, levee, lever, lie across,
   ligature, limb, line, lineation, lion, list, local, lock, lock out,
   lock up, lockout, logjam, lop, lounge, lozenge, maculate,
   make impossible, mantling, marble, marbleize, mark, marlinespike,
   marshaling, martlet, mascle, measure, metal, metronomic mark,
   milldam, moat, mole, motley, mottle, motto, mound, mullet,
   mutilate, narrowing, nickel, nightclub, nip, nombril point,
   nonadmission, notation, nugget, oak leaf, obstacle, obstipate,
   obstipation, obstruct, obstruction, obviate, occlude,
   oceanic island, octofoil, omission, omit, omitting, or, ordinary,
   organization insignia, orle, ostracize, outlaw, outrigger,
   outside of, overseas bar, pack, padlock, pale, palisade, paly,
   parachute badge, parapet, pare, pass over, patch, pause, pean,
   peavey, pedal, peel, pepper, pheon, pick out, picket, pinch bar,
   pip, pleading, plug, plug up, plumb, pole, polychrome,
   polychromize, portcullis, pothouse, precious metals, preclude,
   precluding, preclusion, presa, prevent, prize, prohibit,
   prohibition, proscribe, prune, pry, pub, public, public house,
   purpure, quarter, quartering, rail, rainbow, rampart, rathskeller,
   reef, refuse, reject, rejection, relegate, relegation, repel,
   representation, repress, repudiate, repudiation, restrict,
   restriction, ripping bar, roadblock, roadhouse, rock-fill dam, rod,
   root out, rose, rub, rule out, rummery, rumshop, sable, saloon,
   saloon bar, saltire, sandbank, sandbar, save, save and except,
   saving, say no to, scape, score, scutcheon, seal, seal off,
   seal up, sealing off, seawall, secretaire, secretary, secure,
   segno, send to coventry, service stripe, set apart, set aside,
   shaft, shallow, shallows, shave, shear, shelf, shield, shoal,
   shoal water, shoulder patch, shoulder sleeve insignia, shut,
   shut off, shut out, shut the door, shut tight, shut up,
   shutter dam, sign, signature, silver, slab, slam, slash, slur,
   snag, snap, space, spangle, spar, speakeasy, speck, speckle, spile,
   splotch, spot, spread eagle, sprinkle, squeeze, squeeze shut,
   staff, stalk, stamp out, stanch, stand, star, stave, stave off,
   stay, stem, stench, stick, stifle, stigmatize, stipple, stone wall,
   stop, stop up, stoppage, stopper, stopple, strangle, strangulate,
   strangulation, streak, streaking, stria, striate, striation,
   striature, striga, strike off, string, striola, strip, strip off,
   stripe, striping, stroke, stud, stuff, stuff up, stumbling block,
   sublineation, submarine badge, subordinary, suffocate, suppress,
   suspend, swell, symbol, table, taboo, take off, take out, tap,
   taproom, tattoo, tavern, tempo mark, tenne, tessellate, than,
   tidal flats, tie, time signature, tincture, tongue, torse,
   totem pole, transverse, traverse, treadle, tressure, tribunal,
   truncate, turn aside, underline, underlining, underscore,
   underscoring, unicorn, unless, vair, variegate, vein, vert,
   vicissitude, vinculum, virgule, wall, ward off, watering place,
   weir, wetlands, wicket dam, wine shop, wipe out, without, work,
   workbench, wreath, wrecking bar, writing table, yale, yellow stuff,
   zip up, zipper

[5] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

bar
     base address register ic
     
     

[6] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

bar /bar/ n. 1. very common the second metasyntactic variable,
   after foo and before baz. "suppose we have two functions: foo and
   bar. foo calls bar...." 2. often appended to foo to produce foobar.


see also:
metasyntactic variable foo baz foobar 

[7] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

bar
     
        1.  /bar/ the second metasyntactic
        variable, after foo and before baz.  e.g. "suppose
        function foo calls functions bar..."
     
        2. often appended to foo to produce foobar.
     
        jargon file
     
        1995-03-07
     
     
see also:
metasyntactic variable foo baz foobar jargon file 

[8] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

bar
   used to denote the means by which a door is bolted neh. 3:3; a
   rock in the sea jonah 2:6; the shore of the sea job 38:10;
   strong fortifications and powerful impediments, etc. isa. 45:2;
   amos 1:5; defences of a city 1 kings 4:13. a bar for a door
   was of iron isa. 45:2, brass ps. 107:16, or wood nah.
   3:13.
   

[9] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

bar, contracts. an obstacle or opposition. 2. some bars arise from 
circumstances, and others from persons. kindred within the prohibited 
degree, for example, is a bar to a marriage between the persons related; but 
the fact that a is married, and cannot therefore marry b, is a circumstance 
which operates as a bar as long as it subsists; for without it the parties 
might marry. 

[10] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

bar, practice. a place in a court where the counsellors and advocates stand 
to make their addresses to the court and jury; it is so called because 
formerly it was closed with a bar. figuratively the counsellors and 
attorneys at law are called the bar of philadelphia, the new york bar. 
     2. a place in a court having criminal jurisdiction, to which prisoners 
are called to plead to the indictment, is also called, the bar. vide merl. 
repert. mot barreau, and dupin, profession d'avocat, tom. i. p. 451, for 
some eloquent advice to gentlemen of the bar. 

[11] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

bar, actions. a perpetual destruction or temporary taking away of the action 
of the plaintiff. in ancient authors it is called exceptio peremptorid. co. 
litt. 303 b steph. pl. appx. xxviii. loisel institutes coutumieres, vol. 
ii. p. 204 says, "exceptions in pleas have been called bars by our 
ancient practitioners, because, being opposed, they arrest the party who has 
sued out the process, as in war une barriere a barrier arrests an enemy; 
and as there have always been in our tribunals bars to separate the 
advocates from the judges, the place where the advocates stand pour parler 
when they speak, has been called for that reason barreau the bar." 
     2. when a person is bound in any action, real or personal, by judgment 
on demurrer, confession or verdict, he is barred, i. e. debarred, as to that 
or any other action of the like nature or degree, for the same thing, 
forever; for expedit reipublicae ut sit finis litim. 
     3. but there is a difference between real and personal actions. 
     4. in personal actions, as in debt or account, the bar is perpetual, 
inasmuch as the plaintiff cannot have an action of a higher nature, and 
therefore in such actions he has generally no remedy, but by bringing a writ 
of error. doct. plac. 65; 6 co. 7, 8 4 east, 507, 508. 
     5. but if the defendant be barred in a real action, by judgment on a 
verdict, demurrer or confession, c., he may still have an action of a 
higher nature, and try the same right again. lawes, pl. 39, 40. see 
generally, bac. ab. abatement, n; plea in bar. also the case of outram v. 
morewood, 3 east, rep. 346-366; a leading case on this subject. 

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