barrell

Obsolete form of barrel.

Noun

  1. Obsolete form of barrel.
    • And ſhe ſaid, As the Lord thy God liueth, I haue not a cake, but an handfull of meale in a barrell, and a little oyle in a cruſe: […] - 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […],...
    • [A] Lieutenant of a Troupe of compleat armed French Piſtoliers, is reputed better in degree then a Captaine of an hundred Foot, a Lieutenant of the late inuented Dragoones (being not aboue ſixteene inche Barrell, and...
    • Mercurye the nimble poſt of heaven, / Stood ſtill to ſee the quarrell; / Gorrel-bellyed Bacchus, gyant-like, / Beſtryd a ſtrong-beere barrell. - 1765, Thomas Percy, compiler, “Old Tom of Bedlam: Mad Song the First”, in...

Forms

barrells