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Rider :: Rider (n.) The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold.

Reliquary :: Reliquary (n.) A depositary, often a small box or casket, in which relics are kept..

Union :: Union (n.) A cask suspended on trunnions, in which fermentation is carried on..

Spile :: Spile (n.) A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask..

Quoin :: Quoin (n.) To prevent casks from rolling.

Casket :: Casket (n.) A kind of burial case.

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

Ton :: Ton (n.) A certain weight or quantity of merchandise, with reference to transportation as freight; as, six hundred weight of ship bread in casks, seven hundred weight in bags, eight hundred weight in bulk; ten bushels of potatoes; eight sacks, or ten barrels, of flour; forty cubic feet of rough, or fifty cubic feet of hewn, timber, etc..

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..

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

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..

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

Bilge :: Bilge (n.) The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle..

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

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..

Sling :: Sling (v. t.) To pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc., preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle..

Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks..

Caroteel :: Caroteel (n.) A tierce or cask for dried fruits, etc., usually about 700 lbs..

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

Start :: Start (v. t.) To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from; as, to start a water cask..

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