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Head :: Head (v. t.) To set on the head; as, to head a cask..

Lee :: Lee (n.) That which settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor (esp. wine); sediment; dregs; -- used now only in the plural..

Bung :: Bung (n.) The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bunghole.

Contline :: Contline (n.) The space between the bilges of two casks stowed side by side.

Stale :: Stalder (n.) A wooden frame to set casks on.

Hogshead :: Hogshead (n.) A large cask or barrel, of indefinite contents; esp. one containing from 100 to 140 gallons..

Dowel :: Dowel (v. t.) To fasten together by dowels; to furnish with dowels; as, a cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask..

Pack :: Pack (n.) A shook of cask staves.

Tickler :: Tickler (n.) A prong used by coopers to extract bungs from casks.

Faucet :: Faucet (n.) A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desired; -- called also tap, and cock. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide..

Atilt :: Atilt (adv.) In the position of a cask tilted, or with one end raised. [In this sense sometimes used as an adjective.].

Casket :: Casket (n.) The body.

Butt :: Butt (n.) A large cask or vessel for wine or beer. It contains two hogsheads.

Stillness :: Stillion (n.) A stand, as for casks or vats in a brewery, or for pottery while drying..

Howel :: Howel (n.) A tool used by coopers for smoothing and chamfering rheir work, especially the inside of casks..

Stave :: Stave (n.) To suffer, or cause, to be lost by breaking the cask..

Empty :: Empty (n.) An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, special rates for empties..

Stoop :: Stoop (v. t.) To cause to incline downward; to slant; as, to stoop a cask of liquor..

Stave :: Stave (n.) To break in a stave or the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst; -- often with in; as, to stave a cask; to stave in a boat..

Barrel :: Barrel (n.) A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads..

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