See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

BAR (0. Fr. See also:

• BARRE
• BARRE, ISAAC (1726-1802)

barre, See also:

• LATE

Late See also:

• LAT

Lat. See also:

• BARRA, or BARRAY (Scand. Baraey, isle of the ocean)

barra, origin unknown)  , in See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical See also:

• GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

geography, a See also:

• RIDGE (a word. common to many Teutonic languages, meaning " back," whether of a man or an animal, cf. German Rucke)
• RIDGE, WILLIAM PETT (1864- )

ridge of See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand or silt See also:

• CROSSING

crossing an See also:

• ESTUARY (from the Lat. aestuarium, a place reached by aestus, the tide)

estuary under See also:

• WATER

water or raised by See also:

• WAVE

wave See also:

• ACTION

action above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level, forming an impedimentto See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation . When a See also:

• RIVER

river enters a tidal sea its See also:

• RATE

rate of flow is checked and the material it carries in suspension is deposited in a shifting See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar crossing the channel from See also:

• BANK

bank to bank . Where the channel is only partly closed, a See also:

• SPUR (A.S. spura, spora, related to spornan, spurnan, to kick, spurn; cf. M.H.G. sporn, mod. Ger. Sporn)

spur of this See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character is called a " See also:

• SPIT

spit." A bar may be produced by tidal action oily in an estuary or narrow gulf (as at See also:

• PORT

Port See also:

• ADELAIDE
• ADELAIDE (Ger. Adelheid) (931-999)

Adelaide) where the tides sweep the loose sand backwards and forwards, depositing it where the See also:

• MOTION (Lat. motio, from movere, to move)
• MOTION, LAWS OF

motion of the water is checked . Nahant See also:

• BAY

Bay, See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

Mass., is bordered by the ridge of See also:

• LYNN

Lynn See also:

• BEACH

Beach, which separates it from Lynn Harbor, and ties Nahant to the mainland by a bar formed in this way .