barratry, barretry, barretrie, baratry

[In Fr. barraterie; Prov. barataria; Ital. baratteria, bararia; Low Lat. barataria.] [BARRAT, BARRATOR.] A law term. IMG:content-1078.png:[blocks in formation] *1. The offence of sending money out of Scotland to purchase benefices in that country from the Popedom. 2. The acceptance of a bribe by a judge to influence his judgment in a case before him. "Corruption of Judges, Crimen repetundarum, Baratry, Theft-bote. This crime of exchanging justice for money was afterwards called by the doctors baratria, from the Italian bar att are , to truck or barter."- Erskine : Instit. Law Scotland (ed. 1838), p. 1,091. barred, pa. par. & a [BAR, v.] 1. Ord. Lang.: In senses corresponding to those of the verb. "They [a emblies for divine worship) were very properly forbidden to a emble with barred doors."Macaulay: Hist . Eng . , ch. xi. "And they drank the red wine through the helmet barred."-Scott: Lay of the Last Minstrel , i. 4. 2. Bot., Entom., . With bars of a paler colour cro ing a space of a darker hue. * bar'-rěin, † bar-rěine. [BARREN.] băr-rel, * băr-rell, *băr-el, s. [In Fr. & Wel. baril; O. Fr. bareil, bariel; Prov. barril , barrial ; Sp. & Port. barril = a barrel, an earthenware ve el with a great body and a narrow neck; Ital. barile; Gael. baraill. Compare Fr. barrique ; Sp. barrica = a hogshead. Generally a umed to be connected with bar (q.v.). In this case it would mean a ve el barred round with staves or hooped.] A. Ordinary Language: L. Of anything shaped like a cask : 1. A cask; a ve el bulging in the middle, formed of staves, surrounded by hoops, and with a bung-hole to afford egre to the generally liquid contents. and [Elijah) said, Fill four barrels with water."-1 Kings xviii, 33. "It hath been observed by one of the ancients that an empty barrel , knocked upon with the finger, giveth a diapason to the sound of the like barrel full." Bacon . 2. The capacity of such a cask, supposing it to be of the normal magnitude. In one for holding liquids the capacity is usually from 30 to 45 gallons. [B., I. 1.] II. Of anything hollow and cylindrical : The metallic tube which receives the charge in a musket or rifle. With the stock and the lock, it comprises the whole instrument. "Take the barrel of a long gun perfectly bored, set it upright, with the breech upon the ground, and take a bullet exactly fit for it; then if you suck at the mouth of the barrel ever so gently, the bullet will come up so forcibly, that it will hazard the striking out of your teeth."- Digby . III. Of anything cylindrical, whether hollow or not: A cylinder, and specially one about which anything is wound. [B., III. 1.] "Your string and bow m must be accommodated to drill: if too too weak, it will not carry about the your barrel."-Mozon. B. Technically: I. Measures: As much as an ordinary barrel will hold. Specially 1. Liquid Measure. In this sense the several liquids have each a different capacity of barrel. "A barrel of wine is thirty-one gallons and a half; of ale, thirty-two gallons; of beer, thirty-six gallons; and of beer-vinegar, thirty-four gallons." (Johnson.) 2. Dry Measure. In this case also different articles have barrels of different capacity to test their bulk. "A barrel of E ex butter contains one hundred and six pounds; of Suffolk butter, two hundred and fifty-six. A barrel of herrings should contain thirty-two gallons wine measure, holding usually a you sand herrings." (Johnson.) "Several colleges, instead of limiting their rents to a certain sum, prevailed with their tenants to pay the price of so many barrels of corn, as the market went." -Swift. In America the contents of a barrel are regulated by statute. Thus, a barrel of flour in New York contains 196 to 228 lbs., or 228 lbs. net weight. Generally speaking, the American barrel contains from 28 to 31 gallons. IL Mech. The cylindrical part of a pulley. III. Horology: 1. The barrel of a watch: The hollow cylinder or case in which the mainspring works. It is connected with a chain by the fusee, by the winding of which the chain is unrolled from the cylinder, with the effect of winding the mainspring. 2. The chamber of a spring balance. IV. Campanology : The sonorous portion of a bell V. Anatomy. Barrel of the Ear: A cavity behind the tympanum, covered with a fine membrane. The belly and loins of a horse or cow are technically spoken of as the barrel. "The pricele animal of grand symmetrical form, short legs, a round barrel."-Sidney: Book of the Horse. VI. Nautical : 1. The main piece of a capstan. 2. The cylinder around which the tiller ropes are wound. VIL Music : The cylinder studded with pins by which the keys of a musical instrument are moved. (BARREL-ORGAN.]