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Webster 1913 Edition
Barred owl
Barred′ owl′
.(Zool.)
A large American owl (
Syrnium nebulosum
); – so called from the transverse bars of a dark brown color on the breast. 2.
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.
3.
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 coiled4.
A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
Knight.
5.
A jar.
[Obs.]
1 Kings xvii. 12.
6.
(Zool.)
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
.