wooden+vessel

  • 91firkin — fir•kin [[t]ˈfɜr kɪn[/t]] n. 1) a small wooden vessel or tub for butter, lard, etc 2) wam an early English unit of capacity usu. equal to a quarter of a barrel • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME ferdkyn, firdekyn=ferde (var. of ferthe fourth) + kin… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 92firkin — /ˈfɜkən/ (say ferkuhn) noun 1. a barrel or container in the imperial system holding 9 gallons (40.5 litres). 2. a small wooden vessel for butter, etc. {Middle English ferdekyn, from Middle Dutch ferdelkijn, diminutive of ferdel firkin (literally …

  • 93pitchi — /ˈpɪtʃi / (say pichee) noun a large, shallow, wooden vessel traditionally used by Aboriginal women as a container for food or water and sometimes for carrying infants. {Australian Aboriginal; Western Desert language bidi} …

  • 94leup- and leub-, leubh- —     leup and leub , leubh     English meaning: to peel, cut off, harm, etc..     Deutsche Übersetzung: “abschälen, entrinden, abbrechen, beschädigen”     Note: probably extensions from leu 2.     Material: With b: O.Ice. laupr m., leypi n., leypa …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 95boat — [OE] In origin, the word boat seems to be restricted to northern parts of Europe: Old English bāt and Old Norse beit are the only early examples (German boot was borrowed from them, and French bateau comes from the English word). They point to a… …

    Word origins

  • 96tree — [OE] Tree is part of an ancient and widespread family of ‘tree’ words that goes back ultimately to Indo European *deru, *doru . This appears originally to have designated specifically the ‘oak’, rather than ‘tree’ in general, an application… …

    Word origins

  • 97stound —  , q. STAND, a wooden vessel to put small beer in ; also a portion of time, a small stound. N.&S …

    A glossary of provincial and local words used in England

  • 98gun rest — noun wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel • Syn: ↑gunwale, ↑gunnel • Hypernyms: ↑wale, ↑strake …

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  • 99bakie — ˈbāki noun ( s) Etymology: probably from Scottish Gaelic bacaid, perhaps from French baquet more at backet Scotland : a square wooden vessel; especially : one for carrying ashes or fodder …

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  • 100guelph keg — “ noun Usage: usually capitalized G Etymology: from the name Guelph : a cylindrical wooden vessel made of two or three layers of veneer …

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