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| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Examines heads and staves of tight barrels or kegs, containing water and compressed air, to determine if they are liquid tight: Rolls and tumbles barrel to spread water over interior of barrel. Examines barrel for faulty stave joints, leaks, loose or defective hoops, and material defects, such as streaks, cross grains, wormholes, and knotholes, in stave and heading material. Marks defects with chalk and rolls barrel to COOPER (wood. container). May make minor repairs to barrel, such as plugging wormholes, knotholes, and small leaks. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: BARREL INSPECTOR, TIGHT |
| Specialty definitions using "BARREL INSPECTOR, TIGHT": BARREL DRAINER, barrel-bung-remover and dumper. (references) |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 41 52 52 45 4C 49 4E 53 50 45 43 54 4F 52 2C 54 49 47 48 54 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000001 01010010 01010010 01000101 01001100 00100000 01001001 01001110 01010011 01010000 01000101 01000011 01010100 01001111 01010010 00101100 00100000 01010100 01001001 01000111 01001000 01010100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B A R R E L   I N S P E C T O R ,   T I G H T |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0041 0052 0052 0045 004C 0049 004E 0053 0050 0045 0043 0054 004F 0052 002C 0054 0049 0047 0048 0054 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36355252394624348535039375449521425443414254 |
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