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ˈwater-cask
A cask to contain water; † in 17th c. collectively. On board ship, the common receptacle of drinking-water.
1613J. Saris Voy. Japan (Hakl. Soc.) 31 The Coopers provided themselues of rotans for water caske, which make excellen hoopes. 1699W. Dampier Voy. II. i. 152, I received an order from Captain ―to..put all my Cargo into her; as also all my Water-cask. 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 86 We had filled our water-casks and taken in what fresh provisions we could get. 1829Marryat F. Mildmay xi, I..ran to the water-cask. 1862G. T. Lloyd 33 Yrs. Tasmania i. 3 We arrived at Bona Vista..in order to replenish our odoriferous water-casks and exhausted hen-coops. |