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A barrel or cask, as of fish. "A cade of herrings." Shak. A cade of herrings is 500, of sprats 1,000. Jacob, Law Dict.

A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves.

A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask. Knight.

A tierce or cask for dried fruits, etc., usually about 700 lbs. Simmonds.

See Chivy, v. t. [Slang, Eng.] One poor fellow was chevied about among the casks in the storm for ten minutes. London Times.

The edge of a cask, etc; a chine. See Chine, n., 3. [Written also hime.]

The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.

To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask.

A stave for a cask. [Eng.] Halliwell.

A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables. Chaucer. In ivory coffers I have stuffed my crowns. Shak.

or things held by a receptacle or included within specified limits; as, the contents of a cask or bale or of a room; the contents of a book. I shall prove these writings . . . authentic, and the contents true, and worthy of a divine original. Grew.

The space between the bilges of two casks stowed side by side.

A barrel or cask for liquor. [Obs.] Johnson.

One who makes barrels, hogsheads, casks, etc.

Work done by a cooper in making or repairing barrels, casks, etc.; the business of a cooper.

ter layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose.

Cutting a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterward united and rehooped.

A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.

A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible. Knight.

A cooper's tool for making the grooves for the heads of casks, etc.; also, the groove itself.