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noun
1.
a large cask, especially one containing from 63 to 140 gallons (238 to 530 liters).
2.
any of various units of liquid measure, especially one equivalent to 63 gallons (238 liters). Abbreviation: hhd
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English hoggeshed, literally, hog's head; unexplained
1350–1400; Middle English hoggeshed, literally, hog's head; unexplained
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Hogshead
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hogshead
late 14c., presumably on some perceived resemblance. The original liquid measure was 63 old wine gallons (by a statute of 1423); later anywhere from 100 to 140 gallons. Borrowed into other Germanic languages, oddly, as ox-head (cf. Du. okshoofd, Ger. oxhoft, Swed. oxhufvud).
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