BARNED

Verb

barned

simple past tense and past participle of barn

Anagrams

• Barden, Bednar, Benard, Braden, Brenda, bander

Source: Wiktionary


BARN

Barn, n. Etym: [OE. bern, AS. berern, bern; bere barley + ern, ærn, a close place. Barley.]

Definition: A covered building used chiefly for storing grain, hay, and other productions of a farm. In the United States a part of the barn is often used for stables. Barn owl (Zoöl.), an owl of Europe and America (Aluco flammeus, or Strix flammea), which frequents barns and other buildings.

– Barn swallow (Zoöl.), the common American swallow (Hirundo horreorum), which attaches its nest of mud to the beams and rafters of barns.

Barn, v. t.

Definition: To lay up in a barn. [Obs.] Shak. Men . . . often barn up the chaff, and burn up the grain. Fuller.

Barn, n.

Definition: A child. [Obs.] See Bairn.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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