barrow | A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

Barrow
·noun A heap of rubbish, attle, ·etc. II. Barrow ·noun A hog, ·esp. a male hog castrated. III. Bar...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
barrow
A hillock, a tumulus. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Sea barrow
·- A sea purse. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Barrow, Isaac
(1630-1677) Divine, scholar, and mathematician, s. of a linen-draper in London, was ed. at Charterh...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
barrow man
A man under sentence of transportation; alluding to the convicts at Woolwich, who are principally em...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
knight and barrow pig
more hog than gentleman. A saying of any low pretender to precedency. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose