See also:BARBER (from See also:Lat. barba, See also:- BEARD (A.S. beard, O. H. and Mod. Ger. Bart, Dan. beard, Icel. bar, rim, edge, beak of a ship, &c., O. Slay. barda, Russ. barodd. Cf. Welsh barf, Lat.. barba, though, according to the New English Dictionary, the connexion is for phonetic reasons doubtful)
- BEARD, WILLIAM HOLBROOK (1825-1900)
beard)
, one whose occupation it is to shave or See also:trim beards, a hairdresser
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In former times the See also:barber's See also:craft was dignified with the See also:title of a profession, being conjoined with the See also:art of See also:surgery
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In See also:France the barber-surgeons were separated from the perruquiers, and incorporated as a distinct See also:body in the reign of See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XIV
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In See also:England barbers first received See also:incorporation from See also:Edward IV. in 1461
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By 32 See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VIII. c
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42, they were See also:united with the See also:company of surgeons, it being enacted that the barbers should confine them-selves to the See also:minor operations of See also:blood-letting and See also:drawing See also:teeth, while the surgeons were prohibited from " barbery or shaving." In 1745 barbers and surgeons were separated into distinct corporations by 18 See also:George II. c
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15
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The barber's See also:shop was a favourite resort of idle persons; and in addition to its attraction as a See also:focus of See also:news, a See also:lute, See also:viol, or some such musical See also:instrument, was always kept for the entertainment of waiting customers
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The barber's sign consisted of a striped See also:pole, from which was suspended a See also:basin, symbols the use of which is still preserved
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The See also:fillet See also:round the pole indicated the ribbon for bandaging the See also:arm in bleeding, and the basin the See also:vessel to receive the blood
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See also See also:- BEARD (A.S. beard, O. H. and Mod. Ger. Bart, Dan. beard, Icel. bar, rim, edge, beak of a ship, &c., O. Slay. barda, Russ. barodd. Cf. Welsh barf, Lat.. barba, though, according to the New English Dictionary, the connexion is for phonetic reasons doubtful)
- BEARD, WILLIAM HOLBROOK (1825-1900)
BEARD, and See also:Annals of the Barber Surgeons of See also:London (189o)
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