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Powerful machines for lifting large bodies. (See bed, barrel, and jack-screws.) ...

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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 vessel used for keeping flour (1 Kings 17:12, 14, 16). The same word (cad) so rendered is also tra...

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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. ...

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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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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 ...

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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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