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BAR'REL, n.
Of weight, a barrel of Essex butter is 106 pounds; of Suffolk butter,256, a barrel of herring should contain 32 gallons wine measure, and hold 1000 herrings; a barrel of salmon should contain 42 gallons; a barrel of soap should weigh 256 lbs.
In America, the contents of a barrel are regulated by statutes.
In Connecticut, the barrel for liquors must contain 31 l/2 gallons, each gallon to contain 231 cubic inches. In New York, a barrel of flour by statute must contain either 196 lb. or 228 lb.net weight. The barrel of beef and pork in New York and Connecticut, is 200 lbs. In general, the contents of barrels, as defined by statute, in this country, must be from 28 to 31 1/2 gallons.
BAR'REL, v.t. To put in a barrel; to pack in a barrel with salt for preservation, as to barrel beef, pork or fish.
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.
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
31½ gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds.
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.
A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a
projectile is discharged.
Knight. A jar.
[Obs.] 1 Kings xvii.
12. The hollow basal part of a
feather.
Barrel bulk (Com.), a measure equal to five cubic feet, used in estimating capacity, as of a vessel for freight. - - Barrel drain (Arch.), a drain in the form of a cylindrical tube. -- Barrel of a boiler, the cylindrical part of a boiler, containing the flues. -- Barrel of the ear (Anat.), the tympanum, or tympanic cavity. -- Barrel organ, an instrument for producing music by the action of a revolving cylinder. -- Barrel vault. See under Vault. To put or to pack in a barrel or
barrels.
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