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cask (kask, käsk)

noun

  1. a barrel of any size made of staves, esp. one for liquids
  2. the contents of a full cask

Etymology: ME caske < Fr casque < Sp casco, potsherd, cask, helmet < cascar, to break < VL *quassicare, to break, freq. of L quassare: see quash

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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