'Barrel bulk' definitions:

Definition of 'Barrel bulk'

From: GCIDE
  • Barrel \Bar"rel\ (b[a^]r"r[e^]l), 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; as, a cracker barrel. Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • 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 311/2 gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A jar. [Obs.] --1 Kings xvii. 12. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Zool.) The hollow basal part of a feather. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Barrel bulk'

From: GCIDE
  • Bulk \Bulk\ (b[u^]lk), n. [OE. bulke, bolke, heap; cf. Dan. bulk lump, clod, OSw. bolk crowd, mass, Icel. b?lkast to be bulky. Cf. Boll, n., Bile a boil, Bulge, n.]
  • 1. Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk. [1913 Webster]
  • Against these forces there were prepared near one hundred ships; not so great of bulk indeed, but of a more nimble motion, and more serviceable. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion; the majority; as, the bulk of a debt. [1913 Webster]
  • The bulk of the people must labor, Burke told them, "to obtain what by labor can be obtained." --J. Morley. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Naut.) The cargo of a vessel when stowed. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The body. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • My liver leaped within my bulk. --Turbervile. [1913 Webster]
  • Barrel bulk. See under Barrel.
  • To break bulk (Naut.), to begin to unload or more the cargo.
  • In bulk, in a mass; loose; not inclosed in separate packages or divided into separate parts; in such shape that any desired quantity may be taken or sold.
  • Laden in bulk, Stowed in bulk, having the cargo loose in the hold or not inclosed in boxes, bales, or casks.
  • Sale by bulk, a sale of goods as they are, without weight or measure. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Size; magnitude; dimension; volume; bigness; largeness; massiveness. [1913 Webster]