Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BA-HAR', or BAR'RE, n.

Weights used in the East Indies. The great bahar, for weighing pepper, cloves, nutmegs, &c., is 524 lb. 9 oz. avoirdupois. The little bahar, for weighing quicksilver, vermilion, ivory, silk, &c., is 437 lbs. 9 oz. – Encyc.