† bargh dial.
(bɑːf)
Also barf, baurgh, barugh.
[mod. northern form of barrow, ME. bergh, OE. beorh, beorᵹ-, mount, hill; perh. influenced by ON. bjarg rock-face, precipice. In sense 3 app. influenced by Ger. berg- mining-.]
1. A detached low ridge or hill.
| 1823 W. Buckland Reliq. Diluv. 209 Similar ridges, known locally [in Yorkshire] by the name of barfs. 1855 Whitby Gloss. s.v., Langbarugh in Cleveland. |
2. The steep face of a hill; a road up it.
| 1674 Ray N. Countr. Wds., Bargh, a Horseway up a steep hill. Yorkshire. |
† 3. A mine. Obs. Cf. barmaster, barmote.
| 1693 W. Robertson Phraseol. Gen. 207 A Bargh, i.e. a mine, whereout of metalls are digged. |