Barrow vs Yarrow - What's the difference?
barrow | yarrow |
(obsolete) A mountain.
A hill.
A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
(mining) A heap of rubbish, attle, or other such refuse.
A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.
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, title= (saltworks) A wicker case in which salt is put to drain.
any of several pungent Eurasian and North American herbs, of the genus Achillea , used in traditional herbal medicine
As a proper noun barrow
is .As a noun yarrow is
any of several pungent eurasian and north american herbs, of the genus achillea , used in traditional herbal medicine or yarrow can be (uk) the green woodpecker, picus viridis .barrow
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) berwe, bergh, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (mound of earth over a grave)Etymology 2
From (etyl) . More at bear.Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}