Vocabulary : Barraclade to Barratrous
Barraclade : A home-made woolen blanket without nap.Barracoon : A slave warehouse, or an inclosure where slaves are quartered temporarily.
Barracouata : A voracious pikelike, marine fish, of the genus Sphyraena, sometimes used as food. ;; A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia and New Zealand (Thyrsites atun).
Barracuda : Alt. of Barracouata ;; Any of several voracious pikelike marine fishes allied to the gray mullets, constituting the genus Sphyraena and family Sphyraenidae. The great barracuda (S. barracuda) of the West Indies, Florida, etc., is often six feet or more long, and as dangerous as a shark. In Cuba its flesh is reputed to be poisonous. S. Argentea of the Pacific coast and S. sphyraena of Europe are smaller species, and are used as food.
Barrage : An artificial bar or obstruction placed in a river or water course to increase the depth of water; as, the barrages of the Nile.
