See Also: barrow(medicine)
sea barrow(medicine)
barrow(1)(dictionary)
barrow(2)(dictionary)
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barrow(dictionary)
Barrow, Clyde(dictionary)
Barrow-in-Furness Beach(tourism)

barrow(1) (iou)



barrow noun1. See also BERRY noun2, BURROW noun3
[Old English beorg = Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Old High German (Dutch, German) berg, from Germanic. Cf. Old Norse berg, bjarg rock, precipice, Gothic bairgahei hill country.]
A mountain, a hill. obsolete exc. as forming a place-name element. OE.
Archaeology. A grave-mound or tumulus. OE.
round barrow: see ROUND adjective.
Comb.: barrow-wight pseudo-arch. a guardian spirit believed to inhabit a grave-mound.