or BARRE, in commerce, weights used in several places in the East Indies.

There are two of these weights; one the great bar, with which they weigh pepper, cloves, nutmegs, ginger, &c. and contains 550 pounds of Portugal, or about 524 lb. 9 oz. avoirdupois weight. With the little barah, they weigh quicksilver, vermillion, ivory, silk, &c. It contains about 437 lb. 9 oz. avoirdupois weight.