[Fr.; from Baréges or Barrége, a village in the Hautes Pyrénées, France.]
1. A light, silky dress-fabric, resembling gauze, originally made at Baréges.
1851. Times, 4 April, 11/2. Barege shawls and silks.
1864. Linnet’s Trial, I. III. iv. 258. Miss Carr wore a slate-coloured barêge.
2. A mineral water obtained at Baréges. Hence Barégin(e, a glairy organic substance found in many mineral waters after exposure to the air.
1811. Hooper, Med. Dict., Barege waters are remarkable for a very smooth soapy feel.
1863. Watts, Dict. Chem., I. 500. Baregin is in the moist state a transparent, gelatinous, nearly colourless substance … When dried, it forms a horny mass.
