cask
nounEtymology
From Middle French casque. Doublet of casco and casque.
- derived from casque
Definitions
A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks. (See a diagram…
A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks. (See a diagram of cask sizes.)
A casket
A casket; a small box for jewels.
- A jewel, locked into the woefullest cask / That ever did contain a thing of worth.
A brougham or other private carriage.
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Obsolete form of casque (“visorless helmet”).
To put into a cask.
The neighborhood
Derived
cask beer, caskful, casklike, cask wine, casky, gang cask, harness cask, incask, roching cask, uncask
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at cask. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at cask. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at cask
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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