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Definition of: cask
(kask, käsk) noun
1. A barrel-shaped wooden vessel or receptacle, made of staves, hoops, and flat heads. A cask for liquor or liquids may be larger or smaller than a barrel, and is usually of heavier material.
2. The quantity a cask will hold.
3. Obs. A casket. ◆ Homophone: casque. [<Sp. casco skull, potsherd, cask,? ult. <L quassare break. Related to casque.]
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