bar is a Noun
[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. Thou shalt make bars of shittim wood. Ex. xxvi. 26.
[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.
[3] Anything which obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier. Must I new bars to my own joy create Dryden.
[4] A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation.
[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.
[6] 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.
[7] The place in court where prisoners are stationed for arraignment, trial, or sentence.
[8] The whole body of lawyers licensed in a court or district; the legal profession.
[9] A special plea constituting a sufficient answer to plaintiff`s action.
[10] Any tribunal; as, the bar of public opinion; the bar of God.
[11] 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.
[12] An ordinary, like a fess but narrower, occupying only one fifth part of the field.
[13] A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a bar of color.
[14] A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures.
[15] The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.
[16] 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.
[17] A drilling or tamping rod.
[18] A vein or dike crossing a lode.
[19] A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.
[20] A slender strip of wood which divides and supports the glass of a window; a sash bar. 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, a plea 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.
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