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Choke :: Choke (v. t.) To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun..

Tampoon :: Tampoon (n.) The stopper of a barrel; a bung.

Rib :: Rib (n.) A longitudinal strip of metal uniting the barrels of a double-barreled gun.

Slug :: Slug (v. i.) To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel; -- said of a bullet when fired from a gun, pistol, or other firearm..

Calamus :: Calamus (n.) The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill.

Rifle :: Rifle (v. t.) To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a cannon..

Round :: Round (a.) Having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel of a musket is round..

Barrelled :: Barrelled (a.) Having a barrel; -- used in composition; as, a double-barreled gun..

Carrier :: Carrier (n.) That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.

Barrel :: Barrel (n.) A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged..

Gunstock :: Gunstock (n.) The stock or wood to which the barrel of a hand gun is fastened.

Lump :: Lump (n.) A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.

Broach :: Broach (n.) A tool of steel, generally tapering, and of a polygonal form, with from four to eight cutting edges, for smoothing or enlarging holes in metal; sometimes made smooth or without edges, as for burnishing pivot holes in watches; a reamer. The broach for gun barrels is commonly square and without taper..

Inshave :: Inshave (n.) A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.

Derringer :: Derringer (n.) A kind of short-barreled pocket pistol, of very large caliber, often carrying a half-ounce ball..

Syringed :: Syringe (n.) A kind of small hand-pump for throwing a stream of liquid, or for purposes of aspiration. It consists of a small cylindrical barrel and piston, or a bulb of soft elastic material, with or without valves, and with a nozzle which is sometimes at the end of a flexible tube; -- used for injecting animal bodies, cleansing wounds, etc..

Revolver :: Revolver (n.) One who, or that which, revolves; specifically, a firearm ( commonly a pistol) with several chambers or barrels so arranged as to revolve on an axis, and be discharged in succession by the same lock; a repeater..

Barrel :: Barrel (n.) 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..

-barrelled :: -barrelled (a.) Having two barrels; -- applied to a gun.

Barreled :: Barreled (a.) Alt. of Barrelle.

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