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Home Dictionary Name: barrowBarrow
Barrow [fr. beorg, Sax., a heap of earth], a large mound used as a sepulchre, found in many parts of England....
Barrowist
A follower of Henry Barrowe one of the founders of Independency or Congregationalism in England Barrowe was executed for nonconformity in 1593...
Equity to a settlement (Wife's)
Equity to a settlement (Wife's). Prior to the Married Women's Property Acts (see MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY), the law permitted a husband to possess himself absolutely of the whole of his wife's personal property and the rents and profits, during the coverture, of her realty; the consequence of which was that the wife, however great her fortune, might be left destitute. Whenever, therefore, he or any person claiming in his right was obliged to come into a Court of Equity for the recovery of the wife's property, the Court, as the price of its assistance, required him to make a settlement of some portion of it in favour of the wife and her children, the rule being to settle one-half in ordinary cases, but the whole if the husband were insolvent or had deserted his wife or there had been a dissolution of marriage on the ground of his adultery, Barrow v. Barrow, (1854) 5 De GM&G 782; Morgan v. Morgan, (1854) 2 Eq Rep 1270. The (English) Married Women's Property Act, 1882, by leaving a wife's...
Barrow
A support having handles and with or without a wheel on which heavy or bulky things can be transported by hand See Handbarrow and Wheelbarrow...
Golden eye
A duck Glaucionetta clangula found in Northern Europe Asia and America The American variety var Americana is larger Called whistler garrot gowdy pied widgeon whiteside curre and doucker Barrows golden eye of America Glaucionetta Islandica is less common...
Handbarrow
A frame or barrow without a wheel carried by hand...
Hog
A quadruped of the genus Sus and allied genera of Suidaelig esp the domesticated varieties of Sus scrofa kept for their fat and meat called respectively lard and pork swine porker specifically a castrated boar a barrow...
Lorrie
A small cart or wagon moving on rails as those used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish also a barrow or truck for shifting baggage as at railway stations...
Sea barrow
A sea purse...
Denbara or Denber
Denbara or Denber [fr. den, Sax., a vale, and breg, a barrow or hog], a pen for hogs; a swine-court....
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