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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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†BARREL-FEVERS, n. (See quot.) [′bɑrəl-′fɪvərz]Sc. 1808 Jam.:
Barrel-fevers. A term used, by the vulgar, to denote the disorder produced in the body by immoderate drinking.Lnk. a.1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 57: 
He was in a boiling barrel fever.