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Barrel :: Barrel (v. t.) To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.

Face :: Face (v. t.) To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc..

Crane :: Crane (n.) A measure for fresh herrings, -- as many as will fill a barrel..

Rib :: Rib (n.) A longitudinal strip of metal uniting the barrels of a double-barreled gun.

Gun :: Gun (n.) A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance; any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles by the explosion of gunpowder, consisting of a tube or barrel closed at one end, in which the projectile is placed, with an explosive charge behind, which is ignited by various means. Muskets, rifles, carbines, and fowling pieces are smaller guns, for hand use, and are called small arms. Larger guns are called cannon, ordnance, fieldpieces, carronades, howitzers, etc. See these t

Tierce :: Tierce (n.) A cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which salt provisions, rice, etc., are packed for shipment..

Barrel :: Barrel (n.) A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged..

Charge :: Charge (v. t.) To fix or demand as a price; as, he charges two dollars a barrel for apples..

Settle :: Settle (n.) To cause to sink; to lower; to depress; hence, also, to render close or compact; as, to settle the contents of a barrel or bag by shaking it..

Choke :: Choke (v. t.) To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun..

Round :: Round (a.) Having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel of a musket is round..

Derringer :: Derringer (n.) A kind of short-barreled pocket pistol, of very large caliber, often carrying a half-ounce ball..

Lump :: Lump (n.) A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.

Trig :: Trig (n.) A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid..

Coop :: Coop (n.) A barrel or cask for liquor.

Skid :: Skid (n.) One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, as a boat, a barrel, etc..

Barreled :: Barreled (a.) Alt. of Barrelle.

Thrall :: Thrall (n.) A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc..

Rifle :: Rifle (v. t.) To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a cannon..

Ton :: Ton (n.) A certain weight or quantity of merchandise, with reference to transportation as freight; as, six hundred weight of ship bread in casks, seven hundred weight in bags, eight hundred weight in bulk; ten bushels of potatoes; eight sacks, or ten barrels, of flour; forty cubic feet of rough, or fifty cubic feet of hewn, timber, etc..

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