different between cask vs contline

English

Etymology

From Middle French casque.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??sk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kæsk/
• Rhymes: -æsk

Noun

cask (plural casks)

1. A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks.
2. (obsolete) A casket; a small box for jewels.
   • 1593, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2, III. ii. 409:

     A jewel, locked into the woefullest cask / That ever did contain a thing of worth.

3. Obsolete form of casque (“visorless helmet”).

Derived terms

• cask beer

Translations

Verb

cask (third-person singular simple present casks, present participle casking, simple past and past participle casked)

1. To put into a cask.

Related terms

• quash

Anagrams

• ACKs, SKCA, acks, sack

English

Alternative forms

• cantline
• cuntline

Etymology

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Noun

contline (plural contlines)

1. (nautical) The spiral groove between the strands of a rope.
2. (nautical) The space between casks stowed side by side.

Anagrams

• nontelic