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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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Screw
·noun A small packet of tobacco. II. Screw ·noun An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a ...

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screw
A skeleton key used by housebreakers to open a lock. To stand on the screw signifies that a door is ...

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screw
1) One who squeezes all he can out of those with whom he has any dealings; an extortioner; miser. Co...

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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 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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Bed screw
·- A form of jack screw for lifting large bodies, and assisting in launching. II. Bed screw ·- A lo...

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Binding screw
·add. ·- A set screw used to bind parts together, ·esp. one for making a connection in an electrical...

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Breech screw
·- A strong iron or steel plug screwed into the breech of a musket or other firearm, to close the bo...

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Hindleys screw
·- A screw cut on a solid whose sides are arcs of the periphery of a wheel into the teeth of which t...

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Screw-cutting
·adj Adapted for forming a screw by cutting; as, a screw-cutting lathe. ...

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Screw-driver
·noun A tool for turning screws so as to drive them into their place. It has a thin end which enters...

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Temper screw
·add. ·- A set screw used for adjusting. II. Temper screw ·add. ·- A screw link, to which is attach...

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Tractor screw
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Tractor propeller. ...

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Water screw
·- A screw propeller. ...

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screw jaws
A wry-mouthed man or woman. ...

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archimedes' screw
An ingenious spiral pump for draining docks or raising water to any proposed height, the invention o...

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auxiliary screw
A vessel in which the screw is used as an auxiliary force. Such a vessel is usually fully masted for...

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hand-screw
A handy kind of single jack-screw. ...

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jack-screw
A small machine used to cant or lift weighty substances, and in stowing cotton or other elastic good...

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screw-dock
See gridiron. ...

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screw-propeller
A valuable substitute for the cumbersome paddle-wheels as a motive-power for steam-vessels: the Arch...

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screw-well
A hollow trunk over the screw of a steamer, for allowing the propeller to be disconnected and lifted...

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tangent-screw
A screw acting tangentially to a circle, by means of which a slow motion may be given to the vernier...

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twin-screw
A steamer fitted with two propellers and independent engines, to enable her to turn rapidly on her o...

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up screw!
The order in steamers to lift the screw on making sail. ...

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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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screw-gammoning for the bowsprit
A chain or plate fastened by a screw, to secure a vessel's bowsprit to the stem-head, allowing for t...

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