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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Barreled \Bar"reled\, Barrelled \Bar"relled\, a.
     1. Having a barrel; -- used in composition; as, a
        double-barreled gun.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. put in or stored in a barrel;; as, barreled beer; --


        opposite of {unbarreled}.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. tapered toward both ends; -- of an arrow.
        [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Barrel \Bar"rel\ (b[a^]r"r[e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Barreled}
     (-r[e^]ld), or {Barrelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Barreling}, or
     {Barrelling}.]
     To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Double-barreled \Dou"ble-bar`reled\, or -barrelled \-bar`relled\
  ,  a.
     Having two barrels; -- applied to a gun.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  barrelled
       adj 1: put in or stored in a barrel; "barreled beer" [syn: {barreled}]
              [ant: {unbarreled}]
       2: (of an arrow) tapered toward both ends [syn: {barreled}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  barrel
       n 1: a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired
            [syn: {gun barrel}]
       2: a cylindrical container that holds liquids [syn: {cask}]
       3: a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends [syn: {drum}]
       4: the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold [syn: {barrelful}]
       5: any of various units of capacity; "a barrel of beer is 31
          gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons" [syn: {bbl}]
       v : put in barrels
       [also: {barrelling}, {barrelled}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  barrelled
       See {barrel}

















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