barry

See also: Barry

English

A shield, barry argent and azure.

Etymology

From French barré (striped, barred).

Pronunciation

Noun

barry (plural barries)

  1. (heraldry) A field divided transversely into several equal parts, and consisting of two different tinctures interchangeably disposed.

Adjective

barry (comparative more barry, superlative most barry)

  1. (heraldry, not comparable) Traversed (transversely) by bars.
    Coordinate term: barruly
  2. (textiles) Of a dyed material: having bars or bands of color.
    • 1970, The International Dyer, Textile Printer, Bleacher and Finisher, page 802:
      [] many examples of the degree of coverage of barry nylon with various ranges of dyes are listed []

Derived terms

  • barriness
  • barry-bendy
  • barry-nebuly
  • barry-pily
  • barry-wavy

References

  • The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at

Anagrams

Scots

Etymology

Borrowed from Angloromani baro (great)

Adjective

barry (comparative mair barry, superlative maist barry)

  1. (slang, Edinburgh) Excellent.

References

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