Barrel

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• Barrel

  ·noun A <<Jar>>. II. Barrel ·noun The hollow basal part of a feather. III. Barrel ·vt To put or to...

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• barrel

  A cylindrical vessel for holding both liquid and dry goods. Also, a commercial measure of 31-1/2 gal...

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• Barrel process

  ·add. ·- A process of extracting gold or silver by treating the ore in a revolving barrel, or drum, ...

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• barrel fever

  He died of the barrel fever; he killed himself by drinking. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• barrel-builder

  The old rating for a cooper. ...

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• barrel-bulk

  A measure of capacity for freight in a ship, equal to five cubic feet: so that eight barrel-bulk are...

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• barrel-screw

  A powerful machine, consisting of two large poppets, or male screws, moved by levers in their heads,...

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• barrel screws

  See bed ...

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• budge-barrel

  A small cask with copper and wooden hoops, and one head formed by a leather hose or bag, drawing clo...

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• jack-barrel

  A minnow. ...

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• pump-barrel

  The wooden tube which forms the body of the machine, and wherein the piston moves. ...

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• lock, stock, and barrel

  The whole. A figurative expression borrowed from sportsmen, and having reference to a gun. Look at ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• barrel of a capstan

  The cylinder between the whelps and the paul rim, constituting the main-piece. ...

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• barrel of a pump

  The wooden tube which forms the body of the engine. ...

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• barrel of small arms

  The tube through which the bullets are discharged. In artillery the term belongs to the construction...

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• barrel of the wheel

  The cylinder round which the tiller-ropes are wound. ...

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• lock, stock, and barrel

  An expression derived from fire-arms, and meaning the whole. ...

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