Large+cask
41hogshead — /hawgz hed , hogz /, n. 1. a large cask, esp. one containing from 63 to 140 gallons (238 to 530 liters). 2. any of various units of liquid measure, esp. one equivalent to 63 gallons (238 liters). Abbr.: hhd [1350 1400; ME hoggeshed, lit., hog s… …
42tun — /tun/, n., v., tunned, tunning. n. 1. a large cask for holding liquids, esp. wine, ale, or beer. 2. a measure of liquid capacity, usually equivalent to 252 wine gallons. v.t. 3. to put into or store in a tun or tuns. [bef. 900; (n.) ME tunne, OE; …
43hogshead — noun a) An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52 1/2 imperial gallons; a half pipe. b) A large cask or barrel, of indefinite contents; especially one containing from 100 to 140 gallons …
44Clarence, Execution of — (1478) As punishment for the duke’s betrayal of his brother in 1469–1471, the 1478 trial and execution of George PLANTAGENET, duke of Clarence, younger brother of EDWARD IV, terminated the political turmoil of the second phase of the WARS OF… …
45hogshead — large cask or barrel, late 14c., presumably on some perceived resemblance. The original liquid measure was 63 old wine gallons (by a statute of 1423); later anywhere from 100 to 140 gallons. Borrowed into other Germanic languages, oddly, as ox… …
46tun — large cask, O.E. tunne, a general North Sea Germanic word (Cf. O.Fris. tunne, M.Du. tonne, O.H.G. tunna, Ger. tonne), also found in M.L. tunna (9c.) and O.Fr. tonne, perhaps from a Celtic source (Cf. M.Ir., Gael. tunna, O.Ir. toun hide, skin ).… …
47hhd — (hogshead) barrel, large cask for holding liquids …
48hogshead — hogs·head || hÉ‘gzhed / hÉ’gzhed n. barrel, large cask for holding liquids …
49hogsheads — hogs·head || hÉ‘gzhed / hÉ’gzhed n. barrel, large cask for holding liquids …
50hogshead — noun 1》 a large cask. 2》 a measure of liquid volume equal to 52.5 imperial gallons (63 US gallons, 238.7 litres) for wine or 54 imperial gallons (64 US gallons, 245.5 litres) for beer. Origin ME: from hog + head; the reason for the term is… …
