English Online Dictionary. What means barry? What does barry mean?
English
Etymology
From French barré (“striped, barred”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɑː.ɹi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɑɹ.i/
- Rhymes: -ɑːɹi
Noun
barry (plural barries)
- (heraldry) A field divided transversely into several equal parts, and consisting of two different tinctures interchangeably disposed.
Adjective
barry (comparative more barry, superlative most barry)
- (heraldry, not comparable) Traversed (transversely) by bars.
- Coordinate term: barruly
- (textiles) Of a dyed material: having bars or bands of color.
Derived terms
- barriness
- barry-bendy
- barry-nebuly
- barry-pily
- barry-wavy
References
- The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [1]
Anagrams
- Rybar
Scots
Etymology
Borrowed from Angloromani baro (“great”)
Adjective
barry (comparative mair barry, superlative maist barry)
- (slang, Edinburgh) Excellent.
References
- “barry adj.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present