Barnacle
['bɑːnək(ə)l] or ['bɑrnəkl]
Definition
(noun.) marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces.
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Definition
(n.) Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber, ships, etc., esp. (a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies), and (b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and allies). See Cirripedia, and Goose barnacle.
(n.) A bernicle goose.
(n.) An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him.
(sing.) Spectacles; -- so called from their resemblance to the barnacles used by farriers.
Checker: Thomas
Definition
n. a shellfish which adheres to rocks and the bottoms of ships: a companion who sticks closely.—n. Bar′nacle-goose a species of wild goose belonging to the Northern seas so called from a notion that they were produced from the barnacles mentioned.
n. an instrument consisting of two branches joined by a hinge placed on the nose of horses to keep them quiet: (pl.) a colloquial term for 'spectacles.'—adj. Bar′nacled.
Checker: Roderick
Examples
- Mr Merdle issued invitations for a Barnacle dinner. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The father of that father who married a Barnacle, married a Joddleby. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Ferdinand Barnacle was there, and in his most engaging state. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- This airy young Barnacle was quite entertained by his simplicity in supposing for a moment that it was. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- To have got the whole Barnacle family together would have been impossible for two reasons. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Come back here and read it out loud, you old barnacle. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- It was a triumph of public business,' said this handsome young Barnacle, laughing heartily, 'You never saw such a lot of forms in your life. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The engaging young Barnacle was the first arrival; but Bar overtook him on the staircase. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Mr Barnacle would see him. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- You haven't got any appointment, you know,' said Barnacle Junior. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Thus the Barnacles were all over the world, in every direction--despatch-boxing the compass. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- A method of preventing in a great measure friction of water against the hull of a ship and incidentally preventing fouling by barnacles. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But all days come that are to be; and the marriage-day was to be, and it came; and with it came all the Barnacles who were bidden to the feast. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Then would the inferior Barnacles exclaim, obeying orders, 'Hear, Hear, Hear! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Mr Merdle was going to take up the Barnacles. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- A Shoal of Barnacles Mr Henry Gowan and the dog were established frequenters of the cottage, and the day was fixed for the wedding. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He's heerd all about you from the sawbones in barnacles. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The Barnacles were a very high family, and a very large family. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Either the nation was under a load of obligation to the Barnacles, or the Barnacles were under a load of obligation to the nation. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- That what the Barnacles had to do, was to stick on to the national ship as long as they could. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
Editor: Ronda