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Chock :: Chock (v. t.) To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask..

Bung :: Bung (v. t.) To stop, as the orifice in the bilge of a cask, with a bung; to close; -- with up..

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..

Ullage :: Ullage (n.) The amount which a vessel, as a cask, of liquor lacks of being full; wantage; deficiency..

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

Stow :: Stow (v. t.) To place or arrange in a compact mass; to put in its proper place, or in a suitable place; to pack; as, to stowbags, bales, or casks in a ship's hold; to stow hay in a mow; to stow sheaves..

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

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

Rumble :: Rumble (n.) A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.

Leak :: Leak (n.) To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks..

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

Potting :: Potting (n.) The process of putting sugar in casks for cleansing and draining.

Spigot :: Spigot (n.) A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; also, the plug of a faucet or cock..

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

Spill :: Spill (n.) A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile..

Vent :: Vent (n.) A small aperture; a hole or passage for air or any fluid to escape; as, the vent of a cask; the vent of a mold; a volcanic vent..

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

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

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..

Spurt :: Spurt (v. i.) To gush or issue suddenly or violently out in a stream, as liquor from a cask; to rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet; to spirt..

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