Hogshead
['hɒgz,hed] or ['hɑgz,hɛd]
Definition
(noun.) a large cask especially one holding 63 gals.
(noun.) a British unit of capacity for alcoholic beverages.
Edited by Gail--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) An English measure of capacity, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52/ imperial gallons; a half pipe.
(n.) A large cask or barrel, of indefinite contents; esp. one containing from 100 to 140 gallons.
Edited by Bridget
Examples
- The enterprising Teuton divided a hogshead into two parts. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They brought me a second hogshead, which I drank in the same manner, and made signs for more; but they had none to give me. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- She drank out of a golden cup, above a hogshead at a draught. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- About 96,000 hogsheads of tobacco are annually purchased in Virginia and Maryland with a part of the surplus produce of British industry. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- We imported about ninety-six thousand hogsheads, and the home consumption was not supposed to exceed fourteen thousand. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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