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Monday, December 23rd, 2024
the Fourth Week of Advent
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Barrel
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(1):
(n.) 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.
(2):
(n.) A jar.
(3):
(n.) The hollow basal part of a feather.
(4):
(v. t.) To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.
(5):
(n.) A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
(6):
(n.) 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.
(7):
(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.
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Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Barrel'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/barrel.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Barrel'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/barrel.html. 1828.