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Prizing :: Prizing (n.) The application of a lever to move any weighty body, as a cask, anchor, cannon, car, etc. See Prize, n., 5..

Spile :: Spile (v. t.) To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cask..

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

Gauger :: Gauger (n.) One who gauges; an officer whose business it is to ascertain the contents of casks.

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

Cork :: Cork (n.) The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose..

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

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

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

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

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

Stillness :: Stillion (n.) A stand, as for casks or vats in a brewery, or for pottery while drying..

Head :: Head (n.) The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an animal; often, also, the larger, thicker, or heavier part or extremity, in distinction from the smaller or thinner part, or from the point or edge; as, the head of a cane, a nail, a spear, an ax, a mast, a sail, a ship; that which covers and closes the top or the end of a hollow vessel; as, the head of a cask or a steam boiler..

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..

Tartar :: Tartar (n.) A reddish crust or sediment in wine casks, consisting essentially of crude cream of tartar, and used in marking pure cream of tartar, tartaric acid, potassium carbonate, black flux, etc., and, in dyeing, as a mordant for woolen goods; -- called also argol, wine stone, etc..

Unstop :: Unstop (v. t.) To take the stopple or stopper from; as, to unstop a bottle or a cask..

Cask :: Cask (n.) A casket; a small box for jewels.

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

Bottom :: Bottom (n.) The part of anything which is beneath the contents and supports them, as the part of a chair on which a person sits, the circular base or lower head of a cask or tub, or the plank floor of a ship's hold; the under surface..

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..

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