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hogshead::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | british capacity unit, imperial capacity unit |
Examples of hogshead
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Hogshead-Makar said that under the law, cost cannot be a factor in gender-equity cases.
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He hid the lantern in Huck's sugar hogshead and the watch began.
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The general standard for liquids is 31.5 gal or half a hogshead.
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Hogshead-Makar is a law professor and Olympic swimmer.
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Hogshead was on the 1980 Olympic team, then slogged through the emotional swamp caused by the U.S. boycott.
From the time.com
A hogshead was also used as unit of measurement for sugar in Louisiana for most of the 19th century.
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Hogshead-Makar left the emergency meeting pleased with the outcome but disappointed with the attitudes of FHSAA leaders.
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But the night remained clear, and Huck closed his watch and retired to bed in an empty sugar hogshead about twelve.
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As well a hogshead is used for the measurement of herring fished for sardines in Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick.
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- A British unit of capacity for alcoholic beverages
- A large cask especially one holding 63 gals
- A hogshead is a large cask of liquid (or, less often, of a food commodity). More specifically, it refers to a specified volume, measured in either Imperial units or U.S. customary units, primarily applied to alcoholic beverages such as wine, ale, or cider.
- An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52 1/2 imperial gallons; a half pipe; A large cask or barrel, of indefinite contents; especially one containing from 100 to 140 gallons
- In Australia this is a 300 litre barrel. Confusingly the term is also used by some when they are referring to the barrique of Bordeaux, a smaller barrel.
- Cask holding 54 imperial gallons ( 243 liters ).
- A wine barrel that holds approximately 239 litres (63 gallons).
- Another name for a small oak barrel (see barrique), used to ferment or mature wines in.
- A round, wooden container used to hold tobacco while it is transported, stored, or aged. Cardboard boxes and tersa bales are other packaging containers that serve the same purpose as hogsheads.
