[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

blank \blank\, a. oe. blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, fr. f.
   blanc, fem. blanche, fr. ohg. blanch shining, bright, white,
   g. blank; akin to e. blink, cf. also as. blanc white. ?98.
   see blink, and cf. 1st blanch.
   1913 webster
   1. of a white or pale color; without color.
      1913 webster

            to the blank moon
            her office they prescribed.           --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty
      space to be filled in with some special writing; -- said
      of checks, official documents, etc.; as, blank paper; a
      blank check; a blank ballot.
      1913 webster

   3. utterly confounded or discomfited.
      1913 webster

            adam . . . astonied stood, and blank. --milton.
      1913 webster

   4. empty; void; without result; fruitless; as, a blank space;
      a blank day.
      1913 webster

   5. lacking characteristics which give variety; as, a blank
      desert; a blank wall; destitute of interests, affections,
      hopes, etc.; as, to live a blank existence; destitute of
      sensations; as, blank unconsciousness.
      1913 webster

   6. lacking animation and intelligence, or their associated
      characteristics, as expression of face, look, etc.;
      expressionless; vacant. "blank and horror-stricken faces."
      --c. kingsley.
      1913 webster

            the blank . . . glance of a half returned
            consciousness.                        --g. eliot.
      1913 webster

   7. absolute; downright; unmixed; as, blank terror.
      1913 webster

   blank bar law, a plea put in to oblige the plaintiff in
      an action of trespass to assign the certain place where
      the trespass was committed; -- called also common bar.
      

   blank cartridge, a cartridge containing no ball.

   blank deed. see deed.

   blank door, or blank window arch., a depression in a
      wall of the size of a door or window, either for
      symmetrical effect, or for the more convenient insertion
      of a door or window at a future time, should it be needed.
      

   blank indorsement law, an indorsement which omits the
      name of the person in whose favor it is made; it is
      usually made by simply writing the name of the indorser on
      the back of the bill.

   blank line print., a vacant space of the breadth of a
      line, on a printed page; a line of quadrats.

   blank tire mech., a tire without a flange.

   blank tooling. see blind tooling, under blind.

   blank verse. see under verse.

   blank wall, a wall in which there is no opening; a dead
      wall.
      1913 webster
see also:
blink blanch blank bar common bar blank cartridge blank deed 
deed blank door blank window blank indorsement blank line 
blank tire blank tooling blind tooling blind blank verse 
verse blank wall 

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

blank bar, pleading. the same with that called a common bar, which, in an 
action of trespass, is put in to oblige the plaintiff to assign the certain' 
place where the trespass was committed. cro. jac. 594, pl. 16. 

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