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- Hogshead - n. - An English measure of capacity, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52/ imperial gallons; a half pipe.
- Hogshead - n. - A large cask or barrel, of indefinite contents; esp. one containing from 100 to 140 gallons.
- Tierce - n. - A cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which salt provisions, rice, etc., are packed for shipment.
- Shake - n. - One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.