Firkin

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small wooden barrel or covered vessel.
  • n. Any of several British units of capacity, usually equal to about 1/4 of a barrel or 9 gallons (34 liters).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A small wooden vessel or cask of indeterminate size, -- used for butter, lard, etc.
  • n. A weight measure for butter, equalling 56 pounds.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A varying measure of capacity, usually being the fourth part of a barrel; specifically, a measure equal to nine imperial gallons.
  • n. A small wooden vessel or cask of indeterminate size, -- used for butter, lard, etc.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A measure of capacity, usually the fourth part of a barrel, and varying in magnitude with the barrel.
  • n. A small wooden vessel or cask of no determinate capacity, used chiefly for butter, tallow, soap, etc.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a British unit of capacity equal to 9 imperial gallons
  • n. a small wooden keg
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