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Flogger :: Flogger (n.) A kind of mallet for beating the bung stave of a cask to start the bung.

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

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

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

Tub :: Tub (n.) An open wooden vessel formed with staves, bottom, and hoops; a kind of short cask, half barrel, or firkin, usually with but one head, -- used for various purposes..

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..

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

Cooper :: Cooper (n.) One who makes barrels, hogsheads, casks, etc..

Cresset :: Cresset (n.) A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible..

Hooper :: Hooper (n.) One who hoops casks or tubs; a cooper.

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

Surveyor :: Surveyor (n.) An officer who ascertains the contents of casks, and the quantity of liquors subject to duty; a gauger..

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..

Tunnel :: Tunnel (n. .) A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or other vessels; a funnel..

Broach :: Broach (n.) To tap; to pierce, as a cask, in order to draw the liquor. Hence: To let out; to shed, as blood..

Water Butt :: Water butt () A large, open-headed cask, set up on end, to contain water..

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..

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

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

Leaky :: Leaky (superl.) Permitting water or other fluid to leak in or out; as, a leaky roof or cask..

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