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▪ I. barker, n.1|ˈbɑːkə(r)|
Also 4 berkere, 5 -ar.
[f. bark v.1 + -er1.]
1. One who or that which barks; a dog.
1393Langl. P. Pl. C. x. 260 Thyne berkeres ben al blynde. c1440Promp. Parv. 32 Berkar, as a dogge, latrator. 1855Singleton Virgil II. 276 Monster gods of every creed, Barker Anubis, too, 'gainst Neptune..ranged.
2. fig. A noisy assailant; an auction-room or shop tout; one who ‘barks’ at a cheap shop or show: see bark v.1 2 b. Chiefly U.S.
1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 273/4 Whiche sometyme had ben a barker, bytter and blynde, ayenst the lettres. 1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 81 b, Neither Jerome Osorius nor any other braulyng barker can..molest him. 1617Collins Def. Bp. Ely Ep. Ded. 8 The aduersaries and barkers against Soueraignty. 1699B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Barker, a Salesman's Servant that walks before the Shop, and cries, Cloaks, Coats, or Gowns, what d'ye lack, Sir. 1822Hazlitt Men & Mann. Ser. II. xi. (1869) 232 As shopmen and barkers tease you to buy goods. 1859Hotten Slang Dict., Barker, a man employed to cry at the doors of gaffs, shows, and puffing shops, to entice people inside. 1862Helps Organiz. Daily Life 123 A review which I delight in..because it always barks on the other side to the great barker. 1897Howells Landlord at Lion's Head 247 The barker began to fill the night with hoarse cries of ‘Miss Lynde's carriage; carriage for Miss Lynde!’ 1903N.Y. Times 28 Aug., Conditions were so dull that barkers had to be enlisted to call the public's attention to the boats. 1910H. A. Franck Vagabond Journ. 276 The secretary was a man..with the voice of a side-show barker.
3. The Spotted Redshank (Totanus fuscus).
1802G. Montagu Ornith. Dict. 21 [In Leicestershire.]
4. slang. A pistol; occas. a cannon.
1815Scott Guy M. xxxiii, They are never without barkers and slashers. 1842F. Cooper Jack o' Lant. I. 151 Four more carronades, with two barkers for'ard.
▪ II. barker, n.2|ˈbɑːkə(r)|
Forms: 5 barkere, barkar, bercar, 5– barker.
[f. bark v.2 + -er1.]
†1. A tanner. Obs.
1402Test. Ebor. (1836) I. 289 Lego uxori Ricardi Skyrtyn⁓bek, barkar, j. togam. c1470King & Barker 127 in Ritson Anc. P.P. 65 Ther owr kyng and the barker partyd feyr a twyn. 1479Paston Lett. 839 III. 253 An endenture of the bercars. 1503–4Act 19 Hen. VII, xix, That no Tanner nor Barker put no maner of hyde nor Lether to sale. 1609Skene Reg. Maj. 131 Of Barkers within Bvrgh.
2. One who strips off bark from trees.
1611Cotgr., Escorceur, a barker of trees. 1829E. Jesse Jrnl. Natur. 56 Our barkers go on rapidly with their work.
transf.1645Milton Colast. Wks. (1847) 230/1 Infested..with bawling whippets and shin barkers. |