- bar|ti|zan
- bar|ti|zan «BAHR tuh zuhn, BAHR tuh ZAN», noun.a small, overhanging turret on a wall or tower.╂[apparently a variant of bratticing < brattice; used by Sir Walter Scott]
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bar — bar·a·boo; bar·ag·no·sis; bar·a·min; bar; bar·a·thea; bar·a·thrum; bar·ba; bar·ba·coa; bar·ba·dos; bar·ba·ra s; bar·ba·rea; bar·bar·i·an·ism; bar·bar·i·an·ism; bar·bar·ic; bar·bar·ic; bar·bar·i·cal·ly; bar·bar·i·cal·ly; bar·bar·i·ous;… … English syllables
zan — al·i·zan·threne; an·zan·ite; bar·ti·zan; be·zan·tée; be·zan·tee; by·zan·tin·esque; by·zan·tin·ism; by·zan·ti·nist; by·zan·tin·ize; form·a·zan; for·zan·do; ha·zan; ha·zan·ic; Het·ra·zan; ka·zan; lip·pi·zan; lip·pi·zan·er; makh·zan;… … English syllables
Slice bar — Slice Slice, n. [OE. slice, sclice, OF. esclice, from esclicier, esclichier, to break to pieces, of German origin; cf. OHG. sl[=i]zan to split, slit, tear, G. schleissen to slit. See {Slit}, v. t.] 1. A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bartizan — bar·ti·zan … English syllables
bartizan — bar•ti•zan [[t]ˈbɑr tə zən, ˌbɑr təˈzæn[/t]] n. archit. for a small overhanging turret on a wall or tower • Etymology: 1325–75; ME. See brattice bar′ti•zaned, adj … From formal English to slang
Barbizon School — [bär′bə zän΄; ] Fr [ bȧr bē zōn′] n. a group of French romantic landscape painters (including Millet, Corot, Théodore Rousseau, and Daubigny) who settled in Barbizon, a village in N France, in the mid 19th cent … English World dictionary
bartizan — [bär′tə zən, bär΄tə zan′] n. [revived by SCOTT2 Sir Walter from a Scot form altered < ME bretasce,BRATTICE] a small, overhanging turret on a tower or battlement, originally for defense or as a lookout … English World dictionary
Bartizan — Bar ti*zan , n. [Cf. {Brettice}.] (Arch.) A small, overhanging structure for lookout or defense, usually projecting at an angle of a building or near an entrance gateway. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Zanzibar — Zan|zi|bar an island off the coast of East Africa which joined with Tanganyika in 1964 to form the new country of Tanzania … Dictionary of contemporary English
zanzibar — zan·zi·bar … English syllables
