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• water cask — water barrel or water cask noun A barrel or cask for holding water • • • Main Entry: ↑water …   Useful english dictionary

• water barrel — or water cask noun A barrel or cask for holding water • • • Main Entry: ↑water …   Useful english dictionary

• Cask ale — or cask conditioned beer is the term for unfiltered and unpasteurised beer which is conditioned (including secondary fermentation) and served from a cask, usually without additional nitrogen or carbon dioxide pressure. Cask ale may also be… …   Wikipedia

• Cask strength — (also known as barrel proof ) is a term used in whisky making to describe the strength of whisky in the cask during maturation. This strong whisky is not the whisky that is usually bottled, as at cask strength the whisky isn t as drinkable. Most… …   Wikipedia

• Water butt — Wa ter butt A large, open headed cask, set up on end, to contain water. Dickens. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• cask — /kask / (say kahsk) noun 1. a barrel like container, usually wooden, and of varying size, for holding liquids, etc., often one larger and stronger than an ordinary barrel. 2. the quantity such a container holds. 3. Also, wine cask. a lightweight… …  

• water butt — noun a butt set on end to contain water especially to store rainwater • Hypernyms: ↑butt * * * noun 1. : a large cask set up on end to contain water and especially to store rainwater 2. : a receptacle for water (as for a fountain or lavatory) * * …   Useful english dictionary

• water tap — noun a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask • Syn: ↑water faucet, ↑tap, ↑hydrant • Derivationally related forms: ↑tapster (for: ↑tap) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Water crane — Crane Crane (kr[=a]n), n. [AS. cran; akin to D. & LG. craan, G. kranich, krahn (this in sense 2), Gr. ge ranos, L. grus, W. & Armor. garan, OSlav. zerav[i^], Lith. gerve, Icel. trani, Sw. trana, Dan. trane. [root]24. Cf. {Geranium}.] 1. (Zo[… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• water faucet — noun a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask • Syn: ↑water tap, ↑tap, ↑hydrant • Derivationally related forms: ↑tapster (for: ↑tap) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary