barrel vs setter

barrel

noun
  • A statistic derived from launch angle and exit velocity of a ball hit in play. 

  • The quantity which constitutes a full barrel: the volume or weight this represents varies by local law and custom. 

  • The part of a clarinet which connects the mouthpiece and upper joint, and looks rather like a barrel (1). 

  • A waste receptacle. 

  • A round (cylindrical) vessel, such as a cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends (heads). Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum. 

  • The ribs and belly of a horse or pony. 

  • A ceiling-mounted tube from which lights are suspended. 

  • A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case 

  • The hollow basal part of a feather. 

  • A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged. 

  • A wave that breaks with a hollow compartment. 

  • Any of the dark-staining regions in the somatosensory cortex of rodents, etc., where somatosensory inputs from the contralateral side of the body come in from the thalamus. 

  • Such a cask of a certain size, holding one-eighth of what a tun holds. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.) 

verb
  • To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels. 

  • To move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner. 

  • To assume the shape of a barrel; specifically, of the image on a computer display, television, etc., to exhibit barrel distortion, where the sides bulge outwards. 

setter

noun
  • The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack. 

  • One who sets something, such as a challenge or an examination. 

  • A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the getter. 

  • A long-haired breed of gundog. 

  • One who hunts victims for sharpers. 

  • A typesetter. 

  • One who adapts words to music in composition. 

  • A shallow seggar for porcelain. 

  • A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets. 

verb
  • To cut the dewlap (of a cow or ox), and insert a seton, so as to cause an issue. 

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