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–noun

1.	a container made and shaped like a barrel, esp. one larger and stronger, for holding liquids.

2.	the quantity such a container holds: wine at 32 guineas a cask.

–verb (used with object)

3.	to place or store in a cask.

[Origin: 1425–75; late ME; back formation from casket, the -et being taken as the dim. suffix

]

—Related forms

casklike, adjective

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n.

A sturdy cylindrical container for storing liquids; a barrel.
The quantity that such a container can hold.

[Middle English caske, possibly from Old Spanish casco, potsherd, helmet, from cascar, to break; see cascara.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
cask

1458, from M.Fr. casque "cask, helmet," from Sp. casco "skull, cask, helmet," orig. "potsherd," from cascar "to break up," from V.L. *quassicare, freq. of L. quassare "to shake, shatter" (see quash). The sense evolution is unclear.

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cask
noun
1.	the quantity a cask will hold
2.	a cylindrical container that holds liquids [syn: barrel]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
cask [kaːsk] noun

a barrel for holding liquids, usually wine
Example: three casks of sherry

Arabic:	بَرْميل خَشَبي
Chinese (Simplified):	木桶
Chinese (Traditional):	酒桶
Czech:	soudek, sud
Danish:	fad
Dutch:	vat
Estonian:	vaat
Finnish:	tynnyri
French:	tonneau
German:	das Faß
Greek:	βαρέλι
Hungarian:	hordó
Icelandic:	tunna, áma
Indonesian:	tong
Italian:	botte, barile

Japanese:	たる
Korean:	통
Latvian:	muca
Lithuanian:	statinaitė
Norwegian:	fat, tønne
Polish:	beczułka
Portuguese (Brazil):	tonel
Portuguese (Portugal):	pipa
Romanian:	butoi
Russian:	бочка
Slovak:	sud
Slovenian:	sod
Spanish:	tonel, barril
Swedish:	fat, tunna
Turkish:	fıçı, varil

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Cask

Cask\, n. [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.

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Cask

Cask\, v. t. To put into a cask.

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Cask

Casque\, n. [F. casque, fr. Sp. casco See Cask.] A piece of defensive or ornamental armor (with or without a vizor) for the head and neck; a helmet.

His casque overshadowed with brilliant plumes. --Prescott.

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Cask

Cass\, v. t. [F. casser, LL. cassare, fr. L. cassus empty, hollow, and perhaps influenced by L. quassare to shake, shatter, v. intens. of quatere to shake. Cf. Cashier, v. t., Quash, Cask.] To render useless or void; to annul; to reject; to send away. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleing.

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