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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cask \Cask\ (k[.a]sk), noun [Sp. casco potsherd, skull, helmet, prob. fr. cascar to break, fr. L. Quassure to break. Cf. {Casque}, {Cass}.]
1. Same as {Casque}. [Obs.]
2. 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.
3. The quantity contained in a cask.
4. A casket; a small box for jewels. [Obs.] --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cask \Cask\, verb (used with an object) To put into a cask.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cask
noun
1: the quantity a cask will hold [syn: {caskful}]
2: a cylindrical container that holds liquids [syn: {barrel}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "cask": bag, barrel, basket, bole, bottle, box, box up, breaker, butt, can, capsule, carton, case, column, crate, cylinder, cylindroid, drum, encase, encyst, firkin, hamper, hogshead, jar, keg, kilderkin, pack, package, parcel, pillar, pipe, pot, puncheon, roll, roller, rouleau, rundlet, sack, tank, tin, trunk, tube, tun, vat, water butt
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