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[kask, kahsk] 
–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. |
Related forms:
casklike, adjective
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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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