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A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and
bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat
ends or heads. |
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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. |
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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 metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is
discharged. |
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A jar. |
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The hollow basal part of a feather. |
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To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels. |