Barwise

adv, name

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Horizontally.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Old English. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Floyd County, Texas, United States. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From bar + -wise.

Etymology 2

Habitational surname from a minor place in Westmorland, from Old English beorgas, plural form of beorg (“mountain, hill”).

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