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KEGS |
Casks |
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BUTTS |
Large wine casks |
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ASKS |
Poses in unopened casks |
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QUOIN |
To prevent casks from rolling. |
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TUN |
To put into tuns, or casks. |
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COOPER |
One who makes barrels, hogsheads, casks, etc. |
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SLEEPER |
The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks. |
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STALDER |
A wooden frame to set casks on. |
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HOOPER |
One who hoops casks or tubs; a cooper. |
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HEADING |
Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc. |
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RIDER |
The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold. |
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SCANTLING |
A frame for casks to lie upon; a trestle. |
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TICKLER |
A prong used by coopers to extract bungs from casks. |
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POTTING |
The process of putting sugar in casks for cleansing and
draining. |
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CONTLINE |
The space between the bilges of two casks stowed side by
side. |
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PIERCEL |
A kind of gimlet for making vents in casks; -- called also
piercer. |
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GAUGER |
One who gauges; an officer whose business it is to
ascertain the contents of casks. |
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STILLION |
A stand, as for casks or vats in a brewery, or for
pottery while drying. |
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HOWEL |
A tool used by coopers for smoothing and chamfering rheir
work, especially the inside of casks. |
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CROZE |
A cooper's tool for making the grooves for the heads of
casks, etc.; also, the groove itself. |
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SHIVE |
A thin, flat cork used for stopping a wide-mouthed bottle;
also, a thin wooden bung for casks. |
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SURVEYOR |
An officer who ascertains the contents of casks, and the
quantity of liquors subject to duty; a gauger. |
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LEAKAGE |
An allowance of a certain rate per cent for the leaking of
casks, or waste of liquors by leaking. |
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WINGER |
One of the casks stowed in the wings of a vessel's hold,
being smaller than such as are stowed more amidships. |
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CORK |
The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber),
of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose. |