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

There are two of these weights; one the great bahar, with which they weigh pepper, cloves, nutmegs, ginger, &c. and contains 5,50 pounds of Portugal, or about 524 lb. 9 oz. avoirdupois weight. With the little bahar, they weigh quicksilver, vermilion, ivory, silk, &c. It contains about 437 lb. 9 oz. avoirdupois weight.