Barratrous
(Bar"ra*trous) a. (Law) Tainted with, or constituting, barratry. — Bar"ra*trous*ly, adv.
Kent.
Barratry
(Bar"ra*try) n. [Cf. F. baraterie, LL. barataria. See Barrator, and cf. Bartery.]
1. (Law) The practice of exciting and encouraging lawsuits and quarrels. [Also spelt barretry.] Coke.
Blackstone.
2. (Mar. Law) A fraudulent breach of duty or willful act of known illegality on the part of a master of a
ship, in his character of master, or of the mariners, to the injury of the owner of the ship or cargo, and
without his consent. It includes every breach of trust committed with dishonest purpose, as by running
away with the ship, sinking or deserting her, etc., or by embezzling the cargo. Kent. Park.
3. (Scots Law) The crime of a judge who is influenced by bribery in pronouncing judgment. Wharton.
Barred owl
(Barred" owl") (Zoöl.) A large American owl (Syrnium nebulosum); — so called from the transverse
bars of a dark brown color on the breast.
Barrel
(Bar"rel) n. [OE. barel, F. baril, prob. fr. barre bar. Cf. Barricade.]
1. A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves
bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads.
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 coiled.
4. A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged. Knight.
5. A jar. [Obs.] 1 Kings xvii. 12.
6. (Zoöl.) 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.
Barrel
(Bar"rel) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Barreled or Barrelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Barreling, or Barrelling.]
To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.
Barreled
(Bar"reled, Bar"relled) a. Having a barrel; — used in composition; as, a double-barreled gun.
Barren
(Bar"ren) a. [OE. barein, OF. brehaing, fem. brehaigne, baraigne, F. bréhaigne; of uncertain
origin; cf. Arm. brékhañ, markhañ, sterile; LL. brana a sterile mare, principally in Aquitanian and Spanish
documents; Bisc. barau, baru, fasting.]
1. Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; — said of women and female animals.
She was barren of children.
Bp. Hall. 2. Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; sterile. "Barren mountain tracts." Macaulay.
