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Bulk
·noun The <<Body>>. II. Bulk ·v A projecting part of a building. III. Bulk ·noun The cargo of a ve...

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bulk
In bulk; things stowed without cases or packages. (See bulk-heads and laden in bulk.) ...

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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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break-bulk
To open the hold, to begin unloading and disposing of the goods therein, under legal provisions. ...

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bulk-heads
Partitions built up in several parts of a ship, to form and separate the various cabins from each ot...

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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-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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bulk and file
Two pickpockets; the bulk jostles the party to be robbed, and the file does the business. ...

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bulk-head, the
Afore, is the partition between the forecastle and gratings in the head, and in which are the chase-...

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compartment bulk-heads
Some of the iron ships have adopted the admirable Chinese plan of dividing the hold athwart-ship by ...

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laden in bulk
A cargo neither in casks, bales, nor cases, but lying loose in the hold, only defended from wet by m...

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stowed in bulk
See bulk. ...

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beak-head bulk-head
The old termination aft of the space called beak-head, which inclosed the fore part of the ship. ...

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bulk of a ship
Implies the whole cargo when stowed in the hold. ...

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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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