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kilderkin

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kil⋅der⋅kin

  [kil-der-kin]
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–noun
1. a unit of capacity, usually equal to half a barrel or two firkins.
2. an English unit of capacity, equal to 18 imperial gallons (82 liters).
Origin:
1350–1400; ME, dissimilated var. of kinderkin < MD, equiv. to kinder (≪ Ar qinṭār quintal ) + -kin -kin
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kil·der·kin   (kĭl'dər-kĭn)   
n.  

  1. A cask.

  2. An obsolete English measure of capacity equal to about 18 gallons (68 liters).


[Middle English, alteration of Middle Flemish kinderkin, variant of Middle Dutch kindekijn : quintel, quintlein, quintal (from Medieval Latin quintāle; see quintal) + -kijn, diminutive suff.]
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