| 单词 | quarter-cask |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquarter-cask quarter-cask n. a small cask, a cask one quarter the usual or standard size; (in early use spec.) a quarter of a hogshead or a quarter of a butt. ΚΠ 1651 G. Sylvester Let. 9 Aug. in V. T. Harlow Colonising Exped. to W. Indies & Guiana (1925) 52 [I] shall send you a barrell, and a quarter caske with lymes and lymjouse. 1704 Boston News-let. 21 Aug. 2/2 There's good..Wine to be Sold by the Pipe, Quarter Cask, or smaller Quantities. 1788 W. Gordon Hist. Independence U.S.A. ii. 108 In the palace cellar were dug up two quarter tasks of the same commodity [sc. gunpowder]. 1849 H. Melville Redburn xxviii. 169 [Danby] would patronize his own ale himself, pouring down mug after mug, as if he took himself for one of his own quarter-casks. 1890 Cent. Dict. Quarter-cask, a small cask holding 28 gallons or thereabouts. 1991 Financial Times (Nexis) 25 May (FT Weekend) p. viii Wines sold in returnable, chestnut quarter-casks, holding the equivalent of 75 bottles apiece. < as lemmas |
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