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Definition of Barreling
1. barrel [v] - See also: barrel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Barreling
Literary usage of Barreling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"A person employed in barreling herrings. PACKET, ». (1) A horse-pannel to carry
packs. Chesh. (2) A false report. For. d. PACK-GATE,». ..."
2. Biennial Report by Kansas State Horticultural Society (1887)
"... corn and trees 25 00 To gathering and barreling 100 bushels apples, second
year's crop 8 00 To gathering 150 bushels of corn 4 50 To 33 apple barrels, ..."
3. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1895)
"barreling APPLES.—Many of the most profitable operations in commercial life
depends in the first instance upon very simple facts. ..."
4. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1904)
"In barreling we select according to the wishes of the shippers. As a rule they
say "select a little higher color for the facing," and so we run over the ..."
5. Collection and Disposal of Municipal Refuse by Rudolph Hering, Samuel Arnold Greeley (1921)
"This is particularly true of the grease-storage tank, which is 55 ft. in diameter
by 30 ft. high, and of the grease barreling house. ..."
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