单词 | cask |
释义 | caskn. 1. a. The general term for a wooden vessel of a cylindrical form, usually bulging in the middle, and of greater length than breadth, formed of curved staves bound together by hoops, with flat ends or ‘heads’; a barrel. Cf. barrel n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > barrel or cask > [noun] barrelc1300 kovec1320 rubbour1362 bossc1375 rundlet1380 cade1387 kemp1391 cuve14.. keup1480 tonnel1483 colle?a1500 fostella1510 cap1519 firkett1523 cask1557 butt1572 botozio1622 rindell1640 drum1871 1526–56 in J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices (modernized text) III. 167/1. 574/4. 1548 Procl. Edw. VI in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) II. 193 ] 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. T.iv New wine will search to finde a vent, Although the caske be neuer so strong. 1633 T. James Strange Voy. 80 With our Caske to Buoy her off. 1660 S. Fisher Rusticus ad Academicos iv. 36 Empty Casks, that ever sound the loudest among their shallow waters. 1708 J. Philips Cyder ii. (R.) Entertained With foreign vintage from his cider cask. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 824 This cask must have a bung about an inch and a half from the bottom. 1816 H. Douglas Ess. Mil. Bridges v. 143 A cask whose diameteris 34 in.; head diameter 27; and length 50 in. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > barrel or cask > [noun] > collectively cask1557 casking1791 1557 Let. in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1598) I. 300 Because we be not sure what timber they shall finde there to make Caske, we haue laden in these ships 140. tunnes emptie Caske, that is 94. tunnes shaken Caske and 46. tunnes whole. 1695 London Gaz. No. 3109/3 Having thrown over-board her Boat, Guns, and several Cask. 1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 28 We righted her by shifting some of our full Cask and Iron Ballast. c. A cask and its contents; hence as a measure of capacity, varying according to place, time, and commodity. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > specific liquid or dry units > barrel or cask as unit barrel1379 kilderkin1391 puncheon1400 fat1413 cask1728 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) A Cask of Almonds, is about 3 Hundred weight. 1740 W. Somervile Hobbinol (1749) i. 117 To broach his mellow Cask. 1752 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) I. 228 Negroes..sell..their wives and mistresses, for a cask of brandy. 1863 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. (new ed.) II. (Gloss.) 1124/3 Cask (Gloucesters), of cider, usually 110 gallons. 1887 Whitaker's Almanack 408 In 1885 British Guiana exported of molasses 10,349 casks. 2. figurative. ΚΠ 1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia iii. sig. C8 Philosophy Hauing so well fore-season'd thy minds caske. c1604 Charlemagne (1938) iv. 76 A verye windye caske of emptynes. 1857 C. Heavysege Saul (1869) 216 Ye binding hoops that bind the cask o' the soul. a. = casket n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > box > [noun] > small box > for valuable things tyec725 scrinea1350 casket1467 cask1594 écrin1855 1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 iii. ii. 413 A iewell lockt into the wofulst caske, That euer yet containde a thing of woorth. b. Case, shell. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun] clothesc888 hattersOE shroudc1000 weedOE shrouda1122 clothc1175 hatteringa1200 atourc1220 back-clout?c1225 habit?c1225 clothingc1275 cleadinga1300 dubbinga1300 shroudinga1300 attirec1300 coverturec1300 suitc1325 apparel1330 buskingc1330 farec1330 harness1340 tire1340 backs1341 geara1350 apparelmentc1374 attiringa1375 vesturec1385 heelinga1387 vestmentc1386 arraya1400 graitha1400 livery1399 tirementa1400 warnementa1400 arrayment1400 parelc1400 werlec1400 raiment?a1425 robinga1450 rayc1450 implements1454 willokc1460 habiliment1470 emparelc1475 atourement1481 indumenta1513 reparel1521 wearing gear1542 revesture1548 claesc1550 case1559 attirement1566 furniture1566 investuring1566 apparelling1567 dud1567 hilback1573 wear1576 dress1586 enfolding1586 caparison1589 plight1590 address1592 ward-ware1598 garnish1600 investments1600 ditement1603 dressing1603 waith1603 thing1605 vestry1606 garb1608 outwall1608 accoutrementa1610 wearing apparel1617 coutrement1621 vestament1632 vestiment1637 equipage1645 cask1646 aguise1647 back-timbera1656 investiture1660 rigging1664 drapery1686 vest1694 plumage1707 bussingc1712 hull1718 paraphernalia1736 togs1779 body clothing1802 slough1808 toggery1812 traps1813 garniture1827 body-clothes1828 garmenture1832 costume1838 fig1839 outfit1840 vestiture1841 outer womana1845 outward man1846 vestiary1846 rag1855 drag1870 clo'1874 parapherna1876 clobber1879 threads1926 mocker1939 schmatte1959 vine1959 kit1989 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > a covering wrielsc825 coverc1320 hillingc1325 eyelida1382 covering1382 casea1398 coverta1400 tegumentc1440 hacklea1450 coverturec1450 housingc1450 deck1466 heeler1495 housera1522 coverlet1551 shrouda1561 kever1570 vele1580 periwig1589 hap1593 opercle1598 integument?1611 blanketa1616 cask1646 operiment1650 coverlid1654 tegment1656 shell?1677 muff1687 operculum1738 tegmen1807 1646 R. Baillie Anabaptism 150 Not denying the shell and the cask to them who enjoy the kirnell and the pearl. 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 27 Continually putting up English-women into Out-landish caskes [= garments]. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine i. iv. 10 Wax, the cask of honey. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xxiv. 296 The Fibres of the Cask that environs the Nut. a. A head-piece or helmet; = casque n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > helmet > [noun] helmc725 hoodc1275 crestc1325 iron hatc1330 testerc1386 helmet1470 cap1530 hood-skull1537 headpiecea1555 caska1586 mazer1605 casque1696 head cover1839 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xxviii. sig. Zz7 A strong caske..wherwith he couerd his head. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 142 A strong cask with his open visier. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. ii. 173 Were it a Caske compos'd by Vulcans skill My sword should bite it. View more context for this quotation a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James V in Wks. (1711) 105 Their Casks, Corslets and Vantbraces. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Casque, a helmet. 1766 H. Lloyd Hist. Late War Germany I. Pref. sig. C2 The Infantry should have casks and cuirasses, made of strong leather. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military service > [noun] knightshipa1175 armsc1300 knighthoodc1384 warfarec1485 service1549 soldiership1561 soldierfare1579 military service1586 stipend1604 caska1616 milice1635 lance1641 militia1641 soldiering1643 camp1725 military1757 a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. vii. 43 Nature..not moouing From th'Caske to th'Cushion. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. cask-body n. ΚΠ 1874 Spons' Dict. Engin. VIII. 2919 Having thus far followed the shaping of the staves, and the conversion of the same into cask bodies, it will be necessary to direct our attention to the formation of cask-heads. cask butter n. ΚΠ 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Sept. 2/1 The ordinary cask butter from Cork market. cask-head n. ΚΠ 1874 [see cask-body n.]. 1905 Daily Chron. 10 Oct. 2/5 The old-fashioned cask-heads with the familiar legend of ‘Fine old Port’. cask maker n. cask stave n. ΚΠ 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xvii. 209 Old cask-staves. cask-steamer n. ΚΠ 1924 Census 1921: Classif. Industries §459 Cask..Steamer [1927 Dict. Occup. Terms ‘Washer, barrel; cask washer..(i) cask steamer, rolls barrels to feed end of washing machine..(ii) cleans barrels by pouring water and stone into them’]. cask-washer n. ΚΠ ?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 61 Cask Washer, Steamer. 1891 Daily News 12 Feb. 2/8 A cask-washer, employed at the Berkshire Brewery. b. cask-like adj. ΚΠ 1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia vi. sig. E1v Empty caske like minds. C2. cask-conditioned adj. of beer: that has been aged by traditional methods in the wood: see real ale n. at real adj.2, n.2, and adv. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > beer > [adjective] > qualities strengthful1584 shire1721 deadish1742 entire1742 foxed1743 maltless1828 quarred1871 cocktail1888 fretty1897 light-struck1908 skunked1970 cask-conditioned1975 1975 Guardian 12 Sept. 14/4 Some companies use the words ‘draught beer’ to cover both cask-conditioned beer and keg. 1985 Financial Times 19 Nov. 18/7 A completely modern brewhouse capable of using the latest technology..to produce traditional cask conditioned beer. Draft additions June 2015 cask strength n. the full, undiluted strength of whisky or other spirits after ageing; (hence) a whisky or other spirit bottled at full strength, directly from the cask; frequently attributive or as postmodifier. ΚΠ 1970 Irish Times 25 Nov. 11/8 This was on a par with the best Highland malts, a superb, mature whisky, probably at cask strength, and without any of that characteristic ‘Irishness’ in bouquet or flavour which the 15-year-old Midleton has. 1991 Guardian (Nexis) 20 Apr. Genshu is cask strength sake; Taru-zake is aged in oak; Koshu is mature. 1997 Scotsman (Nexis) 23 Oct. 29 Allied also won the Most Outstanding Single Malt award for Laphroaig Cask Strength. 2002 Whisky Mag. Aug. 22/3 A group of 15 aficionados from Le clan des Grands Malts,..travelling in a mini-bus and carrying enough cask-strength liquid provisions to face a major ferry disruption. 2004 C. P. Shaw Whisky (new ed.) 54 The independent spirit merchants..pride themselves on maintaining the individuality of each batch of whisky, bottling straight from the cask at cask strength. 2014 Sc. Business Rev. (Nexis) 4 Nov. 13 A rich vanilla 18 year old, a peppery cask strength, a warm spicy 21 year old,..perfect Christmas gifts for a whisky lover. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). caskv.1 transitive. To put into a cask (or obsolete a casket, box). ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] > into or as into other specific receptacles sackc1405 pokea1425 pipe1465 barrel1466 cask1562 bag1570 vessel1577 basket1582 crock1594 cade1599 maund1604 impoke1611 incask1611 inflask1611 insatchel1611 desk1615 pot1626 cooper1746 kit1769 vat1784 pannier1804 vial1805 flask1855 tub1889 ampoule1946 the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] > into or as into other specific receptacles > (as) into a box to box up?c1450 box1545 cask1562 embox1570 1562 Act 5 Eliz. v. §6 Any Herring, being not sufficiently salted, packed and casked. 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. X2 Doctor Perne is caskt vp in lead, and cannot arise to plead for himselfe. 1749 Wealth Great Brit. in Ocean 55 They are..casking..the fish. 1879 S. Baring-Gould Germany II. 86 Casking this costly drink for men. Derivatives casked adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > [adjective] > in or as in specific receptacles barrelled1494 casked1624 pocketed1647 tunned1672 intubed1688 kitted1725 basined1745 canistered1843 pottled1845 carboyed1855 tubbed1882 sacked1895 pouched1905 cartoned1921 cupped1929 ampouled1969 slipcased1969 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia iii. xi. 86 Searching our casked corne. casking n. (also casks collectively; in plural wines in casks). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > barrel or cask > [noun] > collectively cask1557 casking1791 1791 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse §206 What quantity of casking would hold a given quantity of burnt lime was a matter untried. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † caskv.2 Obsolete. rare. ? To crack, break in pieces. ΚΠ 1600 Weakest goeth to Wall sig. F2 This hand Now shaking with the palsie, caske the beuer Of my proud Foe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1557v.11562v.21600 |
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