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cask

  [kask, kahsk]
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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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cask   (kāsk)   
n.  

  1. A sturdy cylindrical container for storing liquids; a barrel.

  2. The quantity that such a container can hold.


[Middle English caske, possibly from Old Spanish casco, potsherd, helmet, from cascar, to break; see cascara.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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