hogshead


 * __Hogshead__**

1. A large cask or barrel. A U.S. unit equal to 63 gallons, or 238.480942 liters. It usually holds liquor or some other drink. 2. "I had been looking steadily at the top of this hogshead for some minutes, and what now caused me surprise was the fact that I had not sooner perceived the object thereupon." 3.