Definition of Cask. Meaning of Cask. Synonyms of Cask

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Definition of Cask

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

Meaning of Cask from wikipedia

- A barrel or cask is a hollow cylindrical container with a bulging center, longer than it is wide. They are traditionally made of wooden staves and bound...
- is dispensed, and served without the use of extraneous carbon dioxide". Cask and bottle-conditioned beers are referred to as real ale by CAMRA, as both...
- "The Cask of Amontillado" is a short story by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book. The...
- Peripheral plasma membrane protein CASK is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CASK gene. This gene is also known by several other names: CMG 2...
- A cask breather (sometimes called a cask aspirator) is a type of demand valve used to serve draught beer. The cask breather enables the empty space created...
- A cask is a type of wooden container. Cask or CASK may also refer to: CASK, a gene The Cask, 1920 novel by Freeman Wills Crofts Cask, a name; notable people...
- keystone is a small wooden or plastic ****ing used in ale casks. For some years wooden casks have been effectively obsolete, with the majority now being...
- Dry cask storage is a method of storing high-level radioactive waste, such as spent nuclear fuel that has already been cooled in a spent fuel pool for...
- Cask strength (also known as barrel proof/barrel strength) is a term used by whisky (spelt "whiskey" in Ireland and the United States) and rum producers...
- Draught beer, also spelt draft, is beer served from a cask or keg rather than from a bottle or can. Draught beer served from a pressurised keg is also...