Vocabulary : Barratry to Barren
Barratry : The practice of exciting and encouraging lawsuits and quarrels. ;; 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. ;; The crime of a judge who is influenced by bribery in pronouncing judgment.Barred : of Bar
Barred owl : A large American owl (Syrnium nebulosum); -- so called from the transverse bars of a dark brown color on the breast.
Barrel : 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. ;; 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 31/ gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds. ;; 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. ;; A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged. ;; A jar. ;; The hollow basal part of a feather. ;; To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.
Barrel process : A process of extracting gold or silver by treating the ore in a revolving barrel, or drum, with mercury, chlorine, cyanide solution, or other reagent.
