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   barrel organ
         n 1: a musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a
               cylinder studded with pegs [syn: {barrel organ}, {grind
               organ}, {hand organ}, {hurdy gurdy}, {hurdy-gurdy}, {street
               organ}]

English Dictionary: barrel organ by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barrel roll
n
  1. a roll in which the plane follows a spiral course
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brawler
n
  1. a fighter (especially one who participates in brawls)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
broiler
n
  1. an oven or part of a stove used for broiling
  2. flesh of a small young chicken not over 2 1/2 lb suitable for broiling
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Organ \Or"gan\, n. [L. organum, Gr. [?]; akin to [?] work, and
      E. work: cf. F. organe. See {Work}, and cf. {Orgue}, {Orgy}.]
      1. An instrument or medium by which some important action is
            performed, or an important end accomplished; as,
            legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers, etc., are
            organs of government.
  
      2. (Biol.) A natural part or structure in an animal or a
            plant, capable of performing some special action (termed
            its function), which is essential to the life or
            well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are
            organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are
            organs of plants.
  
      Note: In animals the organs are generally made up of several
               tissues, one of which usually predominates, and
               determines the principal function of the organ. Groups
               of organs constitute a system. See {System}.
  
      3. A component part performing an essential office in the
            working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves,
            crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine.
  
      4. A medium of communication between one person or body and
            another; as, the secretary of state is the organ of
            communication between the government and a foreign power;
            a newspaper is the organ of its editor, or of a party,
            sect, etc.
  
      5. [Cf. AS. organ, fr. L. organum.] (Mus.) A wind instrument
            containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds,
            which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon
            by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and
            sometimes by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the
            plural, each pipe being considired an organ.
  
                     The deep, majestic, solemn organs blow. --Pope.
  
      Note: Chaucer used the form orgon as a plural.
  
                        The merry orgon . . . that in the church goon
                        [go].
  
      {Barrel organ}, {Choir organ}, {Great organ}, etc. See under
            {Barrel}, {Choir}, etc.
  
      {Cabinet organ} (Mus.), an organ of small size, as for a
            chapel or for domestic use; a reed organ.
  
      {Organ bird} (Zo[94]l.), a Tasmanian crow shrike ({Gymnorhina
            organicum}). It utters discordant notes like those of a
            hand organ out of tune.
  
      {Organ fish} (Zo[94]l.), the drumfish.
  
      {Organ gun}. (Mil.) Same as {Orgue}
            (b) .
  
      {Organ harmonium} (Mus.), an harmonium of large capacity and
            power.
  
      {Organ of Gorti} (Anat.), a complicated structure in the
            cochlea of the ear, including the auditory hair cells, the
            rods or fibers of Corti, the membrane of Corti, etc. See
            Note under {Ear}.
  
      {Organ pipe}. See {Pipe}, n., 1.
  
      {Organ-pipe coral}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Tubipora}.
  
      {Organ point} (Mus.), a passage in which the tonic or
            dominant is sustained continuously by one part, while the
            other parts move.

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]:
   Brawler \Brawl"er\, n.
      One that brawls; wrangler.
  
      {Common brawler} (Law), one who disturbs a neighborhood by
            brawling (and is therefore indictable at common law as a
            nuisance). --Wharton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Broiler \Broil"er\, n.
      One who excites broils; one who engages in or promotes noisy
      quarrels.
  
               What doth he but turn broiler, . . . make new libels
               against the church?                                 --Hammond.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Broiler \Broil"er\, n.
      1. One who broils, or cooks by broiling.
  
      2. A gridiron or other utensil used in broiling.
  
      3. A chicken or other bird fit for broiling. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Burler \Burl"er\, n.
      One who burls or dresses cloth.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Beer-lahai-roi
      i.e., "the well of him that liveth and seeth me," or, as some
      render it, "the well of the vision of life", the well where the
      Lord met with Hagar (Gen. 16:7-14). Isaac dwelt beside this well
      (24:62; 25:11). It has been identified with 'Ain Muweileh, or
      Moilahhi, south-west of Beersheba, and about 12 miles W. from
      Kadesh-barnea.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Beer-lahai-roi, the well of him that liveth and seeth me
  
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