English Dictionary: barrelled | by the DICT Development Group |
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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. | |
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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 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) |