barye

[ bar-ee ]

noun

Origin of barye

1
<French <Greek barýs heavy

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Barye
[ ba-ree ]

noun
  1. An·toine Louis [ahn-twanlwee], /ɑ̃ˈtwan lwi/, 1795–1875, French sculptor and painter.

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How to use barye in a sentence

  • barye was no less successful in sculpture on a small scale, and excelled in representing animals in their most familiar attitudes.

  • barye's place in the history of art is more nearly unique, perhaps, than that of any of the great artists.

    French Art | W. C. Brownell
  • Cellini's "Perseus" is really more of a "parlor ornament" than barye's smallest figure.

    French Art | W. C. Brownell
  • It is said that barye discovered his real bent from watching the wild beasts in the Jardin des Plantes.

  • Five days of the week he went to barye's studio and worked for the master.

    Fairfax and His Pride | Marie Van Vorst

British Dictionary definitions for barye

barye

/ (ˈbærɪ) /


noun
  1. a unit of pressure in the cgs system equal to one dyne per square centimetre. 1 barye is equivalent to 1 microbar

Origin of barye

1
C19: from French, from Greek barus heavy

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