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barker

barker is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.One who stands at the doors of shops to urg [Cant, Eng.]
  2. 2.A pistol. [Slang] Dickens.
  3. 3.(Zoöl.) The spotted redshank.
  4. 4.One who strips trees of their bark. BARKER'S MILL Bark"er's mill`. Etym: [From Dr. Barker, the inventor.] A machine, invented in the 17th century, worked by a form of reaction wheel. The water flows into a vertical tube and gushes from apertures in hollow horizontal arms, causing the machine to revolve on its axis.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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