FIRKIN
\fˈɜːkɪn], \fˈɜːkɪn], \f_ˈɜː_k_ɪ_n]\
Definitions of FIRKIN
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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A varying measure of capacity, usually being the fourth part of a barrel; specifically, a measure equal to nine imperial gallons.
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A small wooden vessel or cask of indeterminate size, - used for butter, lard, etc.
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A varying measure of capacity, usually being the fourth part of a barrel; specifically, a measure equal to nine imperial gallons.
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A small wooden vessel or cask of indeterminate size, - used for butter, lard, etc.
By Noah Webster.
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A small wooden vessel for holding butter, lard, etc.; a measure of capacity equal to one fourth of a barrel; nine gallons.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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