Definition of cask

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Cask (n.) A barrel-shaped vessel made of staves headings, and hoops, usually fitted together so as to hold liquids. It may be larger or smaller than a barrel..

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Scantling :: Scantling (v. t.) A frame for casks to lie upon; a trestle.
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..
Cask :: Cask (v. t.) To put into a cask.
Heading :: Heading (n.) Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc..
Casket :: Casket (n.) A gasket. See Gasket.
Cooper :: Cooper (v. t.) To do the work of a cooper upon; as, to cooper a 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..
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..
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..
Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (n.) A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc..
Cade :: Cade (n.) A barrel or cask, as of fish..
Barillet :: Barillet (n.) A little cask, or something resembling one..
Chock :: Chock (n.) A wedge, or block made to fit in any space which it is desired to fill, esp. something to steady a cask or other body, or prevent it from moving, by fitting into the space around or beneath it..
Head :: Head (v. t.) To set on the head; as, to head a cask..
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..
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..
Casket :: Casket (n.) A kind of burial case.
Broach :: Broach (n.) To tap; to pierce, as a cask, in order to draw the liquor. Hence: To let out; to shed, as blood..
Stave :: Stave (n.) To suffer, or cause, to be lost by breaking the cask..
Tang :: Tang (n.) A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself; as, wine or cider has a tang of the cask..
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