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Cork :: Cork (n.) A stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork..

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

Argol :: Argol (n.) Crude tartar; an acidulous salt from which cream of tartar is prepared. It exists in the juice of grapes, and is deposited from wines on the sides of the casks..

Abroach :: Abroach (adv.) Broached; in a condition for letting out or yielding liquor, as a cask which is tapped..

Spile :: Spile (v. t.) To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cask..

Dunnage :: Dunnage (n.) Fagots, boughs, or loose materials of any kind, laid on the bottom of the hold for the cargo to rest upon to prevent injury by water, or stowed among casks and other cargo to prevent their motion..

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

Tip :: Tip (v. t.) To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart..

Tare :: Tare (n.) Deficientcy in the weight or quantity of goods by reason of the weight of the cask, bag, or whatever contains the commodity, and is weighed with it; hence, the allowance or abatement of a certain weight or quantity which the seller makes to the buyer on account of the weight of such cask, bag, etc..

Chine :: Chine (n.) The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave..

Harness Cask :: Harness cask () A tub lashed to a vessel's deck and containing salted provisions for daily use; -- called also harness tub.

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

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

Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (n.) A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc..

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

Upend :: Upend (v. t.) To end up; to set on end, as a cask..

Roil :: Roil (v.) To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of; as, to roil wine, cider, etc. , in casks or bottles; to roil a spring..

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..

Incask :: Incask (v. t.) To cover with a casque or as with a casque.

Barillet :: Barillet (n.) A little cask, or something resembling one..

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