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cask

cask \'kask\ n [MF casque helmet, fr. Sp casco potsherd, skull, helmet, fr. 
   cas]car to break - more at CASCARA 1: a barrel-shaped vessel of staves, 
   headings, and hoops usu. for liquids  2: a cask and its contents; also : 
   the quantity contained in a cask