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cask
(encz) | cask,sud |
Cask
(gcide) | Cask \Cask\ (k[.a]sk), n. [Sp. casco potsherd, skull, helmet,
prob. fr. cascar to break, fr. L. Quassure to break. Cf.
Casque, Cass.]
1. Same as Casque. [Obs.]
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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.
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3. The quantity contained in a cask.
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4. A casket; a small box for jewels. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Cask
(gcide) | Cask \Cask\, v. t.
To put into a cask.
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cask
(wn) | cask
n 1: the quantity a cask will hold [syn: cask, caskful]
2: a cylindrical container that holds liquids [syn: barrel,
cask] |
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casket
(mass) | casket
- rakva |
caskets
(mass) | caskets
- púzdra |
cask
(encz) | cask,sud |
cask wine
(encz) | cask wine,sudové víno |
casket
(encz) | casket,kazeta Jiří Šmoldascasket,pohřební urna Jiří Šmoldascasket,rakev [amer.] Jiří Šmoldas |
caskets
(encz) | caskets,pouzdra Jiří Šmoldascaskets,rakve Jiří Šmoldas |
caskful
(encz) | caskful, n: |
casks
(encz) | casks,soudky Jiří Šmoldas |
jewel casket
(encz) | jewel casket, n: |
wine cask
(encz) | wine cask, n: |
wine from the cask
(encz) | wine from the cask,sudové víno n: |
casket
(gcide) | Gasket \Gas"ket\, n. [Cf. F. garcette, It. gaschetta, Sp. cajeta
caburn, garceta reef point.]
1. (Naut.) A line or band used to lash a furled sail
securely. Sea gaskets are common lines; harbor gaskets
are plaited and decorated lines or bands. Called also
casket.
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2. (Mech.)
(a) The plaited hemp used for packing a piston, as of the
steam engine and its pumps.
(b) Any ring or washer of made of a compressible material,
used to make joints impermeable to fluids.
[1913 Webster]Casket \Cas"ket\, n. (Naut.)
A gasket. See Gasket.
[1913 Webster]Casket \Cas"ket\, v. t.
To put into, or preserve in, a casket. [Poetic] "I have
casketed my treasure." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Casket \Cas"ket\, n. [Cf. F. casquet, dim. of casque belmet, fr.
Sp. casco.]
1. A small chest or box, esp. of rich material or ornamental
character, as for jewels, etc.
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The little casket bring me hither. --Shak.
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2. A kind of burial case. [U. S.]
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3. Anything containing or intended to contain something
highly esteemed; as:
(a) The body. (--Shak.)
(b) The tomb. (--Milton).
(c) A book of selections. [poetic]
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They found him dead . . . an empty casket.
--Shak.
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Casket
(gcide) | Gasket \Gas"ket\, n. [Cf. F. garcette, It. gaschetta, Sp. cajeta
caburn, garceta reef point.]
1. (Naut.) A line or band used to lash a furled sail
securely. Sea gaskets are common lines; harbor gaskets
are plaited and decorated lines or bands. Called also
casket.
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2. (Mech.)
(a) The plaited hemp used for packing a piston, as of the
steam engine and its pumps.
(b) Any ring or washer of made of a compressible material,
used to make joints impermeable to fluids.
[1913 Webster]Casket \Cas"ket\, n. (Naut.)
A gasket. See Gasket.
[1913 Webster]Casket \Cas"ket\, v. t.
To put into, or preserve in, a casket. [Poetic] "I have
casketed my treasure." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Casket \Cas"ket\, n. [Cf. F. casquet, dim. of casque belmet, fr.
Sp. casco.]
1. A small chest or box, esp. of rich material or ornamental
character, as for jewels, etc.
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The little casket bring me hither. --Shak.
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2. A kind of burial case. [U. S.]
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3. Anything containing or intended to contain something
highly esteemed; as:
(a) The body. (--Shak.)
(b) The tomb. (--Milton).
(c) A book of selections. [poetic]
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They found him dead . . . an empty casket.
--Shak.
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caskful
(gcide) | caskful \caskful\ n.
the quantity a cask will hold.
Syn: cask.
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Gang cask
(gcide) | Gang \Gang\, n. [Icel. gangr a going, gang, akin to AS., D., G.,
& Dan. gang a going, Goth. gaggs street, way. See Gang, v.
i.]
1. A going; a course. [Obs.]
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2. A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number
of persons associated for a particular purpose; a group of
laborers under one foreman; a squad; as, a gang of
sailors; a chain gang; a gang of thieves.
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3. A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by
acting together, to save time or labor; a set; as, a gang
of saws, or of plows.
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4. (Naut.) A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang
of stays.
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5. [Cf. Gangue.] (Mining) The mineral substance which
incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.
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6. A group of teenagers or young adults forming a more or
less formalized group associating for social purposes, in
some cases requiring initiation rites to join; as, a teen
gang; a youth gang; a street gang.
Note: Youth gangs often associate with particular areas in a
city, and may turn violent when they feel their
territory is encroached upon. In Los Angeles the
Crips and the Bloods are large gangs antagonistic
to each other.
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7. A group of persons organized for criminal purposes; a
criminal organization; as, the Parker gang.
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Gang board, or Gang plank. (Naut.)
(a) A board or plank, with cleats for steps, forming a
bridge by which to enter or leave a vessel.
(b) A plank within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's
waist, for the sentinel to walk on.
Gang cask, a small cask in which to bring water aboard
ships or in which it is kept on deck.
Gang cultivator, Gang plow, a cultivator or plow in which
several shares are attached to one frame, so as to make
two or more furrows at the same time.
Gang days, Rogation days; the time of perambulating
parishes. See Gang week (below).
Gang drill, a drilling machine having a number of drills
driven from a common shaft.
Gang master, a master or employer of a gang of workmen.
Gang plank. See Gang board (above).
Gang plow. See Gang cultivator (above).
Gang press, a press for operating upon a pile or row of
objects separated by intervening plates.
Gang saw, a saw fitted to be one of a combination or gang
of saws hung together in a frame or sash, and set at fixed
distances apart.
Gang tide. See Gang week (below).
Gang tooth, a projecting tooth. [Obs.] --Halliwell.
Gang week, Rogation week, when formerly processions were
made to survey the bounds of parishes. --Halliwell.
Live gang, or Round gang, the Western and the Eastern
names, respectively, for a gang of saws for cutting the
round log into boards at one operation. --Knight.
Slabbing gang, an arrangement of saws which cuts slabs from
two sides of a log, leaving the middle part as a thick
beam.
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Harness cask
(gcide) | Harness cask \Har"ness cask`\ (k[.a]sk`). (Naut.)
A tub lashed to a vessel's deck and containing salted
provisions for daily use; -- called also harness tub. --W.
C. Russell.
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Incask
(gcide) | Incask \In*cask"\, v. t.
To cover with a casque or as with a casque. --Sherwood.
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Roching cask
(gcide) | Roching cask \Roch"ing cask`\ [Probably from F. roche a rock.]
A tank in which alum is crystallized from a solution.
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Scuttle cask
(gcide) | Scuttle \Scut"tle\ (sk[u^]t"t'l), n. [OF. escoutille, F.
['e]scoutille, cf. Sp. escotilla; probably akin to Sp.
escotar to cut a thing so as to make it fit, to hollow a
garment about the neck, perhaps originally, to cut a
bosom-shaped piece out, and of Teutonic origin; cf. D. schoot
lap, bosom, G. schoss, Goth. skauts the hem of a garnment.
Cf. Sheet an expanse.]
1. A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished
with a lid. Specifically:
(a) (Naut.) A small opening or hatchway in the deck of a
ship, large enough to admit a man, and with a lid for
covering it, also, a like hole in the side or bottom
of a ship.
(b) An opening in the roof of a house, with a lid.
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2. The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a
roof, wall, or the like.
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Scuttle butt, or Scuttle cask (Naut.), a butt or cask
with a large hole in it, used to contain the fresh water
for daily use in a ship. --Totten.
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To shake a cask
(gcide) | Shake \Shake\, v. t. [imp. Shook; p. p. Shaken, (Shook,
obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Shaking.] [OE. shaken, schaken, AS.
scacan, sceacan; akin to Icel. & Sw. skaka, OS. skakan, to
depart, to flee. [root]161. Cf. Shock, v.]
1. To cause to move with quick or violent vibrations; to move
rapidly one way and the other; to make to tremble or
shiver; to agitate.
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As a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is
shaken of a mighty wind. --Rev. vi. 13.
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Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels
That shake heaven's basis. --Milton.
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2. Fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of;
to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of.
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When his doctrines grew too strong to be shook by
his enemies, they persecuted his reputation.
--Atterbury.
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Thy equal fear that my firm faith and love
Can by his fraud be shaken or seduced. --Milton.
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3. (Mus.) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake
a note in music.
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4. To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting
or vibrating motion; to rid one's self of; -- generally
with an adverb, as off, out, etc.; as, to shake fruit down
from a tree.
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Shake off the golden slumber of repose. --Shak.
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'Tis our fast intent
To shake all cares and business from our age.
--Shak.
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I could scarcely shake him out of my company.
--Bunyan.
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To shake a cask (Naut.), to knock a cask to pieces and pack
the staves.
To shake hands, to perform the customary act of civility by
clasping and moving hands, as an expression of greeting,
farewell, good will, agreement, etc.
To shake out a reef (Naut.), to untile the reef points and
spread more canvas.
To shake the bells. See under Bell.
To shake the sails (Naut.), to luff up in the wind, causing
the sails to shiver. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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cask
(wn) | cask
n 1: the quantity a cask will hold [syn: cask, caskful]
2: a cylindrical container that holds liquids [syn: barrel,
cask] |
casket
(wn) | casket
n 1: box in which a corpse is buried or cremated [syn: coffin,
casket]
2: small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other
valuables [syn: casket, jewel casket]
v 1: enclose in a casket |
caskful
(wn) | caskful
n 1: the quantity a cask will hold [syn: cask, caskful] |
jewel casket
(wn) | jewel casket
n 1: small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other
valuables [syn: casket, jewel casket] |
wine cask
(wn) | wine cask
n 1: a barrel that holds wine [syn: wine cask, wine barrel] |
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