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Cant :: Cant (n.) A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.

Roching Cask :: Roching cask () A tank in which alum is crystallized from a solution.

Piercel :: Piercel (n.) A kind of gimlet for making vents in casks; -- called also piercer.

Dolioform :: Dolioform (a.) Barrel-shaped, or like a cask in form..

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..

Frow :: Frow (n.) A cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower..

Keg :: Keg (n.) A small cask or barrel.

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..

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

Brand :: Brand (v. t.) A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to designate the quality, manufacturer, etc., of the contents, or upon an animal, to designate ownership; -- also, a mark for a similar purpose made in any other way, as with a stencil. Hence, figurately: Quality; kind; grade; as, a good brand of flour..

Cade :: Cade (n.) A barrel or cask, as of fish..

Casket :: Casket (n.) The body.

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

Shive :: Shive (n.) A thin, flat cork used for stopping a wide-mouthed bottle; also, a thin wooden bung for casks..

Cask :: Cask (n.) Same as Casque.

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..

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

Leakage :: Leakage (n.) An allowance of a certain rate per cent for the leaking of casks, or waste of liquors by leaking..

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..

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the middle..

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