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n.
A hollow or concave utensil for holding anything; a hollow receptacle of any kind, as a hogshead, a barrel, a firkin, a bottle, a kettle, a cup, a bowl, etc.
a.
Alt. of -barrelled
n.
A kind of clamp with gimlet points for holding a barrel head while the staves are being closed around it.
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Alt. of Barrelled
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Having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel of a musket is round.
n.
An open wooden vessel formed with staves, bottom, and hoops; a kind of short cask, half barrel, or firkin, usually with but one head, -- used for various purposes.
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A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid.
v. t.
To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.
n.
The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
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Having a barrel; -- used in composition; as, a double-barreled gun.
n.
The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31/ gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds.
n.
A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together; as, Damascus twist.
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A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case; as, the barrel of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled.
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A small barrel of no certain dimensions. It may contain from 3 to 20 gallons, but it usually holds about 14/ gallons.
v. t.
To remove or release from a barrel or barrels.
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Having two barrels; -- applied to a gun.
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