cask

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cask

Etymology

From Middle French Category:English terms derived from Middle French#CASK casque. Doublet of casco and casqueCategory:English doublets#CASK.

Noun

cask (plural casks)Category:English lemmas#CASK Category:English nouns#CASK Category:English countable nouns#CASK Category:English entries with incorrect language header#CASK Category:Pages with entries#CASK Category:Pages with 1 entry#CASK

A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks. (See a diagram of cask sizes.)
Hyponyms: tunCategory:English links with manual fragments#CASK (1), pipe (½), buttCategory:English links with manual fragments#CASK (½), puncheonCategory:English links with manual fragments#CASK (⅓), tertianCategory:English links with manual fragments#CASK (⅓), hogsheadCategory:English links with manual fragments#CASK (¼), tierceCategory:English links with manual fragments#CASK (⅙), barrel (⅛), rundletCategory:English links with manual fragments#CASK (⅟₁₄)
(obsolete Category:English terms with obsolete senses#CASK) A casket; a small box for jewels.
- 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], line 409:
  A jewel, locked into the woefullest cask / That ever did contain a thing of worth.
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(archaic Category:English terms with archaic senses#CASK, slang Category:English slang#CASK) A brougham or other private carriage.
Obsolete form of casque (“visorless helmet”)Category:English obsolete forms#CASK.

Derived terms

Translations

a large barrel for the storage of liquid

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Bulgarian: буре (bg) n (bure)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#CASK, бъчва (bg) f (bǎčva)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#CASK
Catalan: bóta (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#CASK, tina (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#CASK
Chinese:
Mandarin: 木桶 (zh) (mùtǒng)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#CASK Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#CASK
Dutch: ton (nl) m or fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#CASK, vat (nl) nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#CASK
Finnish: tynnyri (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#CASK
French: tonneau (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#CASK, fût (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#CASK, barrique (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#CASK
Galician: bocoi (gl) mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#CASK, pipa (gl) fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#CASK, cuba (gl) fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#CASK
German: Fass (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#CASK, Faß (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#CASK, Tonne (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#CASK
Greek:
Ancient Greek: πίθος m (píthos)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#CASK
Hebrew: חָבִית (he) f (khavít)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#CASK
Hungarian: hordó (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#CASK
Irish: leastar mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#CASK, buta mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#CASK
Italian: botte (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#CASK
Japanese: カスク (kasuku)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#CASK, 桶 (ja) (おけ, oke)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#CASK
Korean: 통 (ko) (tong)Category:Terms with Korean translations#CASK
Latin: dōlium nCategory:Terms with Latin translations#CASK
Macedonian: бочва f (bočva)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#CASK
Maltese: bittija fCategory:Terms with Maltese translations#CASK
Māori: kāhoCategory:Terms with Māori translations#CASK
Persian: خنب (fa) (xomb)Category:Terms with Persian translations#CASK
Polish: baryłka (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#CASK, beczułka (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#CASK, antałek (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#CASK, antał (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#CASK
Portuguese: barril (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#CASK, casco (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#CASK
Romanian: bute (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#CASK, butoi (ro) nCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#CASK
Russian: бо́чка (ru) f (bóčka)Category:Terms with Russian translations#CASK, (small) бочо́нок (ru) m (bočónok)Category:Terms with Russian translations#CASK
Sanskrit: कोश (sa) m or n (kośa)Category:Terms with Sanskrit translations#CASK
Scottish Gaelic: baraille mCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#CASK, togsaid fCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#CASK
Spanish: cuba (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#CASK, tonel (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#CASK
Turkish:
Ottoman Turkish: فوچی (fuçı, fıçı)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#CASK (in general); شرابخانه (şarabhane)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#CASK (wine cask)
Welsh: casgen fCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#CASK

References

(carriage): John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary

Verb

cask (third-person singular simple present casks, present participle casking, simple past and past participle casked)Category:English lemmas#CASK Category:English verbs#CASK Category:English entries with incorrect language header#CASK Category:Pages with entries#CASK Category:Pages with 1 entry#CASK

To put into a cask.

Related terms

quash

Anagrams

ACKs, KCAS, SKCA, acks, sack

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