valinchn.
See quots. and valentia n.
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1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words (at cited word) Valentia,..I have met with the word in print, spelled Valinch.
1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Valinch, a tube for drawing liquors from a cask by the bung-hole.
1868 Loftus' Catal. Hydrometers, etc. 6 Velinchers for sampling casks.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2553/2 Thief-tube,..a sampling-tube; a velinche.
1899 Notes & Queries 4 Feb. 97/1 The nearest approach to a ‘long’ measure is the valincher, or valinch, used in sampling ‘from the bung’.
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