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barring-out — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ noun (plural barrings out) : the shutting out of a schoolmaster from the schoolroom as a prank or to win certain concessions * * * barring outˈ noun (obsolete) The shutting out of a schoolmaster from school by the pupils, to… … Useful english dictionary
barring-out — A widespread custom, up to the 19th century, was the barring out of the schoolteacher by his pupils. On a day sanctioned by custom (but varying from place to place), the pupils contrived to bar the door with the teacher outside, often with his … A Dictionary of English folklore
barring-out — The breaking up of a school at the great holidays, when the boys within bar the door against the master. N … A glossary of provincial and local words used in England
barring — late 14c., act of fastening with a bar, see BAR (Cf. bar) (1). Meaning exclusion is from 1630s. As a preposition, excepting, excluding, it is from late 15c. Schoolhouse prank of barring out the teacher was in use before 1728 … Etymology dictionary
barring — Synonyms and related words: aside from, ban, bar, beside, besides, blockade, boycott, but, circumscription, debarment, debarring, demarcation, discounting, embargo, ex, except, except for, excepting, exception, exception taken of, excluding,… … Moby Thesaurus
barring — Closing and locking up; keeping people or animals out of a building or area; a technical term in railroading; the shifting of freight cars for short distances by means of crowbars applied to the wheels in order to make the cars more accessible… … Ballentine's law dictionary
leaving out — Synonyms and related words: aside from, bar, barring, beside, besides, discounting, ex, except, except for, excepting, exception taken of, excluding, exclusive of, from, less, let alone, minus, not counting, off, omitting, outside of, precluding … Moby Thesaurus
List of Issues of The Magnet — Issues of The Magnet, published by Amalgamated Press between 1908 and 1940. References in brackets refer to reprints by the Howard Baker Press and the Greyfriars Book Club. 1908 The Making of Harry Wharton (Book Club 3) The Taming of Harry (Book… … Wikipedia
Belfast Royal Academy — Infobox Secondary school name = Belfast Royal Academy native name = B.R.A. logo = motto = per vias sapientiae (Latin by the ways of wisdom ) established =1785 address = Cliftonville Road, BT14 6JL city =Belfast state = country =Northern Ireland… … Wikipedia
The Royal School, Armagh — is a co educational voluntary grammar school in the city of Armagh, Northern Ireland. It was one of a number of free schools created by James I in 1608 to provide an education to the sons of local merchants and farmers during the plantation of… … Wikipedia
