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Search phrase: barrel

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Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
Hamlet	Ham V.i.208	might they not stop a beer barrel?	might they not stopp a Beere-barrell?

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Glossary

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butt	large cask, barrel
cade	cask, barrel [containing 500 herrings]
fat	vat, wine cask, barrel
foul	[of a pistol-barrel after firing] dirty, clogged
hogshead	large cask, barrel [of wine]
spigot	wooden peg, tap [in a barrel]
tun	barrel, large cask

Thesaurus

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barrel	butt
barrel	tun
barrel	fat
barrel	cade
barrel	hogshead
clogged [of a pistol-barrel after firing]	foul
dirty [of a pistol-barrel after firing]	foul
herrings, barrel containing	cade
peg, wooden [in a barrel]	spigot
tap [in a barrel]	spigot
tap [of a barrel]	cock
wooden peg [in a barrel]	spigot

Themes and Topics

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...h4 ii iii 55 small cannon with a long barrel firing shot of c 8--16 lb / c 4--8 kg ...

Words Families

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Word Family	Word Family Group	Words
BARREL	BASIC	barrel n

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