[f. BAR v., either in imperative, or simple stem; prob. after except, save: cf. BARRING, excepting, saving.] Excluding from consideration, excepting, except, save, but for.
[Cf. 1648. in BAR v. 8.]
1714. Mandeville, Fab. Bees (1725), I. 306. Charity-boys … that swear and curse … and, bar the cloaths, are as much blackguard as ever Tower-hill … produc’d.
1727. Swift, To Sheridan, Wks. 1745, VIII. 348. I intended to be with you at Michaelmas, bar impossibilities.
1870. Standard, 14 Dec., 5/7. This sortie, bar miracles, has decided the fate of Paris.
