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Barren

Barren (barren)
a.(b1913 webster dictionaryr"ren)
Bar"ren
[OE. barein, OF. brehaing, fem. brehaigne, baraigne, F. bréhaigne; of uncertain origin; cf. Arm. brékhañ, markhañ, sterile; LL. brana a sterile
  1. Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals.

    She was barren of children. Bp. Hall.

  2. Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; sterile.
    "Barren mountain tracts." Macaulay.
  3. Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.

    Brilliant but barren reveries.
    Prescott.

    Some schemes will appear barren of hints and matter.
    Swift.

  4. Mentally dull; stupid.
    Shak.

    Barren flower, a flower which has only stamens without a pistil, or which has neither stamens nor pistils. -- Barren Grounds (Geog.), a vast tract in British America northward of the forest regions. -- Barren Ground bear (Zoöl.), a peculiar bear, inhabiting the Barren Grounds, now believed to be a variety of the brown bear of Europe. -- Barren Ground caribou (Zoöl.), a small reindeer (Rangifer Grœnlandicus) peculiar to the Barren Grounds and Greenland.

Barren

Barren (barren)
n.
Bar"ren
  1. A tract of barren land.
  2. Elevated lands or plains on which grow small trees, but not timber; as, pine barrens; oak barrens. They are not necessarily sterile, and are often fertile.
    [Amer.] J. Pickering.












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