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   barley water
         n 1: used to feed infants

English Dictionary: barreled by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barreled
adj
  1. put in or stored in a barrel; "barreled beer" [syn: barreled, barrelled]
    Antonym(s): unbarreled, unbarrelled
  2. (of an arrow) tapered toward both ends
    Synonym(s): barreled, barrelled
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barrelled
adj
  1. put in or stored in a barrel; "barreled beer" [syn: barreled, barrelled]
    Antonym(s): unbarreled, unbarrelled
  2. (of an arrow) tapered toward both ends
    Synonym(s): barreled, barrelled
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
broiled
adj
  1. cooked by radiant heat (as over a grill) [syn: broiled, grilled]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
burled
adj
  1. (of wood) have a pattern from the grain of a tree burl
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Barilla \Ba*ril"la\ (b[adot]*r[icr]l"l[adot]), n. [Sp.
      barrilla.]
      1. (Bot.) A name given to several species of Salsola from
            which soda is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and
            lixiviating the ashes.
  
      2. (Com.)
            (a) The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure
                  carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc.,
                  and for bleaching purposes.
            (b) Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore
                  plant, or kelp. --Ure.
  
      {Copper barilla} (Min.), native copper in granular form mixed
            with sand, an ore brought from Bolivia; -- called also
            {Barilla de cobre}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Barley bird} (Zo[94]l.), the siskin.
  
      {Barley sugar}, sugar boiled till it is brittle (formerly
            with a decoction of barley) and candied.
  
      {Barley water}, a decoction of barley, used in medicine, as a
            nutritive and demulcent.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      4. A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is
            discharged. --Knight.
  
      5. A jar. [Obs.] --1 Kings xvii. 12.
  
      6. (Zo[94]l.) 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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Barreled \Bar"reled\, Barrelled \Bar"relled\, a.
      Having a barrel; -- used in composition; as, a
      double-barreled gun.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Barrel \Bar"rel\ (b[acr]r"r[ecr]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Barreled} (-r[ecr]ld), or {Barrelled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Barreling}, or {Barrelling}.]
      To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Double-barreled \Dou"ble-bar`reled\, [or] -barrelled
   \-bar`relled\, a.
      Having two barrels; -- applied to a gun.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Barreled \Bar"reled\, Barrelled \Bar"relled\, a.
      Having a barrel; -- used in composition; as, a
      double-barreled gun.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Barrel \Bar"rel\ (b[acr]r"r[ecr]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Barreled} (-r[ecr]ld), or {Barrelled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Barreling}, or {Barrelling}.]
      To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Double-barreled \Dou"ble-bar`reled\, [or] -barrelled
   \-bar`relled\, a.
      Having two barrels; -- applied to a gun.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Barreled \Bar"reled\, Barrelled \Bar"relled\, a.
      Having a barrel; -- used in composition; as, a
      double-barreled gun.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Barrel \Bar"rel\ (b[acr]r"r[ecr]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Barreled} (-r[ecr]ld), or {Barrelled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Barreling}, or {Barrelling}.]
      To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Barrulet \Bar"ru*let\, n. [Dim. of bar, n.] (Her.)
      A diminutive of the bar, having one fourth its width.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bear \Bear\, n. [OE. bere, AS. bera; akin to D. beer, OHG. bero,
      pero, G. b[84]r, Icel. & Sw. bj[94]rn, and possibly to L.
      fera wild beast, Gr. [?] beast, Skr. bhalla bear.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of the genus Ursus, and of the
            closely allied genera. Bears are plantigrade Carnivora,
            but they live largely on fruit and insects.
  
      Note: The European brown bear ({U. arctos}), the white polar
               bear ({U. maritimus}), the grizzly bear ({U.
               horribilis}), the American black bear, and its variety
               the cinnamon bear ({U. Americanus}), the Syrian bear
               ({Ursus Syriacus}), and the sloth bear, are among the
               notable species.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) An animal which has some resemblance to a bear
            in form or habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly
            bear; ant bear; water bear; sea bear.
  
      3. (Astron.) One of two constellations in the northern
            hemisphere, called respectively the {Great Bear} and the
            {Lesser Bear}, or {Ursa Major} and {Ursa Minor}.
  
      4. Metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person.
  
      5. (Stock Exchange) A person who sells stocks or securities
            for future delivery in expectation of a fall in the
            market.
  
      Note: The bears and bulls of the Stock Exchange, whose
               interest it is, the one to depress, and the other to
               raise, stocks, are said to be so called in allusion to
               the bear's habit of pulling down, and the bull's of
               tossing up.
  
      6. (Mach.) A portable punching machine.
  
      7. (Naut.) A block covered with coarse matting; -- used to
            scour the deck.
  
      {Australian bear}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Koala}.
  
      {Bear baiting}, the sport of baiting bears with dogs.
  
      {Bear caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), the hairy larva of a moth,
            esp. of the genus {Euprepia}.
  
      {Bear garden}.
            (a) A place where bears are kept for diversion or
                  fighting.
            (b) Any place where riotous conduct is common or
                  permitted. --M. Arnold.
  
      {Bear leader}, one who leads about a performing bear for
            money; hence, a facetious term for one who takes charge of
            a young man on his travels.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Berylloid \Ber"yl*loid\, n. [Beryl + -oid.] (Crystallog.)
      A solid consisting of a double twelve-sided pyramid; -- so
      called because the planes of this form occur on crystals of
      beryl.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Brawl \Brawl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Brawled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Brawling}.] [OE. braulen to quarrel, boast, brallen to cry,
      make a noise; cf. LG. brallen to brag, MHG. pr[?]ulen, G.
      prahlen, F. brailler to cry, shout, Pr. brailar, braillar, W.
      bragal to vociferate, brag, Armor. bragal to romp, to strut,
      W. broliaw to brag, brawl boast. [?]95.]
      1. To quarrel noisily and outrageously.
  
                     Let a man that is a man consider that he is a fool
                     that brawleth openly with his wife.   --Golden Boke.
  
      2. To complain loudly; to scold.
  
      3. To make a loud confused noise, as the water of a rapid
            stream running over stones.
  
                     Where the brook brawls along the painful road.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
  
      Syn: To wrangle; squabble; contend.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Briolette \Bri`o*lette"\, n. [F.]
      An oval or pearshaped diamond having its entire surface cut
      in triangular facets.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Broil \Broil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Broiled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Broiling}.] [OE. broilen, OF. bruillir, fr. bruir to broil,
      burn; of Ger. origin; cf. MHG. br[81]ejen, G. br[81]hen, to
      scald, akin to E. brood.]
      1. To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon
            a gridiron over coals.
  
      2. To subject to great (commonly direct) heat.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Burl \Burl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Burling}.] [OE. burle stuffing, or a knot in cloth; cf. F.
      bourlet, bourrelet, OF. bourel, a wreath or a roll of cloth,
      linen, or leather, stuffed with flocks, etc., dim. of bourre.
      [fb]92. See {Bur}.]
      To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose
      threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.
  
      {Burling iron}, a peculiar kind of nippers or tweezers used
            in burling woolen cloth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Drama \Dra"ma\ (?; 277), n. [L. drama, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to do,
      act; cf. Lith. daryti.]
      1. A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action,
            and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to
            depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than
            ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It
            is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by
            actors on the stage.
  
                     A divine pastoral drama in the Song of Solomon.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and
            interest. [bd]The drama of war.[b8] --Thackeray.
  
                     Westward the course of empire takes its way; The
                     four first acts already past, A fifth shall close
                     the drama with the day; Time's noblest offspring is
                     the last.                                          --Berkeley.
  
                     The drama and contrivances of God's providence.
                                                                              --Sharp.
  
      3. Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or
            illustrating it; dramatic literature.
  
      Note: The principal species of the drama are {tragedy} and
               {comedy}; inferior species are {tragi-comedy},
               {melodrama}, {operas}, {burlettas}, and {farces}.
  
      {The romantic drama}, the kind of drama whose aim is to
            present a tale or history in scenes, and whose plays (like
            those of Shakespeare, Marlowe, and others) are stories
            told in dialogue by actors on the stage. --J. A. Symonds.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   braille display
  
      (Or "refreshable braille display", "refreshable
      display") An electromechanical device that renders {braille}
      with tiny, independently controlled pins used to represent the
      state of dots in braille cells.   Each pin, in its "on" state,
      raises above the top of its hole in the screen; in its "off"
      state, it drops below the top of its hole.   Older systems used
      tiny solenoids to control the state of the pins; modern
      systems are {piezoelectric}.
  
      Typical dimensions of a braille display are 1 line of 40
      cells, each cell of two-by-eight dots.
  
      (1998-10-19)
  
  
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