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The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold.

render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of; as, to roil wine, cider, etc. , in casks or bottles; to roil a spring.

A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or poliched by friction against each other. rumble seat, a seat in the rear of an automobile, outside the passenger cabin, which folds out from the body

A frame for casks to lie upon; a trestle. Knight.

s or a scribing iron. Scribing iron, an iron-pointed instrument for scribing, or marking, casks and logs.

which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like. Scuttle butt, or Scuttle cask (Naut.), a butt or cask with a large hole in it, used to contain the fresh water for daily use in a ship. Totten.

ness from our age. Shak. I could scarcely shake him out of my company. Bunyan. To shake a cask (Naut.), to knock a cask to pieces and pack the staves. -- To shake hands, to perform the customary act of civility by clasping and moving hands, as an expression of greeting, farewell, good will, agreement, etc. -- To shak…

A thin, flat cork used for stopping a wide-mouthed bottle; also, a thin wooden bung for casks.

A set of staves and headings sufficient in number for one hogshead, cask, barrel, or the like, trimmed, and bound together in compact form.

To pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc., preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle.

A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; also, the plug of a faucet or cock. Spigot and faucet joint, a joint for uniting pipes, formed by the insertion of the end of one pipe, or pipe fitting, into a socket at the end of another.

A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask.

A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile.

To gush or issue suddenly or violently out in a stream, as liquor from a cask; to rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet; to spirt. Thus the small jet, which hasty hands unlock, Spurts in the gardener's eyes who turns the cock. Pope.

A wooden frame to set casks on. [Prov. Eng.]

To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from; as, to start a water cask.

ng, or lining of a vessel or structure; esp., one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, a pail, etc.

A stand, as for casks or vats in a brewery, or for pottery while drying.

To cause to incline downward; to slant; as, to stoop a cask of liquor.

; to put in its proper place, or in a suitable place; to pack; as, to stowbags, bales, or casks in a ship's hold; to stow hay in a mow; to stow sheaves. Some stow their oars, or stop the leaky sides. Dryden.