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- [n] a cylindrical container that holds liquids
- [n] the quantity a cask will hold
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| | Synonyms: | | barrel, caskful |
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| | See Also: | | beer barrel, beer keg, breech, bung, butt, containerful, hogshead, hoop, keg, lag, pickle barrel, rear of barrel, rear of tube, ring, shook, spigot, spile, stave, tap, tun, vessel, wine barrel, wine cask |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Cask\, n. [Sp. casco potsherd, skull, helmet, prob. fr.
cascar to break, fr. L. Quassure to break. Cf. {Casque},
{Cass}.]
1. Same as {Casque}. [Obs.]
2. A barrel-shaped vessel made of staves headings, and hoops,
usually fitted together so as to hold liquids. It may be
larger or smaller than a barrel.
3. The quantity contained in a cask.
4. A casket; a small box for jewels. [Obs.] --Shak.
\Cask\, v. t.
To put into a cask.
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| | Related Terms: | | bag, barrel, basket, bole, bottle, box, box up, breaker, butt, can, capsule, carton, case, column, crate, cylinder, cylindroid, drum, encase, encyst, firkin, hamper, hogshead, jar, keg, kilderkin, pack, package, parcel, pillar, pipe, pot, puncheon, roll, roller, rouleau, rundlet, sack, tank, tin, trunk, tube, tun, vat, water butt |
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