BARNABY-BRIGHT
\bˈɑːnabibɹˈa͡ɪt], \bˈɑːnabibɹˈaɪt], \b_ˈɑː_n_a_b_i_b_ɹ_ˈaɪ_t]\
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The day of St. Barnabas the Apostle, the 11th of June, which in old style was the day of the summer solstice, or as put by the old rhyme: "Barnaby-bright. the longest day and the shortest night." "The steward ... adjourned the court to Barnaby-bright that they might have day enough before them." - Addison.
By Daniel Lyons
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).