Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sort of blouse or loose shirt, usually brightly colored, worn by natives of the Philippine Islands.
- noun An element in certain compound scientific terms, implying heaviness.
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Examples
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Joints consist of sensory nerves called baro-receptors.
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Altitude readout from RADALT is commonly referred to as AGL (above ground level) and differs from MSL (mean sea level) altitude, which is provided by the barometric altimeter, commonly called the “baro.”
A Nightmare’s Prayer Michael Franzak 2010
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Most civilian aircraft, both commercial and private, use baro altimeter readings in MSL as their reference.
A Nightmare’s Prayer Michael Franzak 2010
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June 21, 2009 at 2:32 am o hai Blackbellied Jack, iz “Latcho baro divas” in teh Roma langwaj?
mine daddeh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Divas = day in menny Indien langwajs, an baro/baraa meens big.
mine daddeh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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The first such puja was held Guptipara - it was called barowari baro meaning twelve and yar meaning friends
Archive 2009-09-01 photographerno1 2009
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Latin; and thence to bero and baro: so that such men were called berones, and after barones; and (in Spanish) varones.
Leviathan 2007
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Miss Cantillon, who was within hearing of this, and had seemed to be highly taken with the baro-net, could hardly let her eyes be civil to me; and yet her really pretty mouth, occasionally, worked it-self into forced smiles, and an affectation of com — plaisance.
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Robertus Comes Leicestri�, baro de Denbigh, ordinum Garterij et
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Of a surety, he met with the baro kumpai of the Tsingani, the four families who were foremost among their folk, and a successor was chosen among them.
Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003
missanthropist commented on the word baro
Great, grand.
July 22, 2008