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Bung

The large stopper of the orifice in the bilge of a cask.

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Close 76% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Gift 76% connected

Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering.

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Give 76% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Plug 76% connected

Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.

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Present 76% connected

Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.

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Shut 76% connected

of Shut

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Stopper 76% connected

One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stopple 76% connected

That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a stopper; as, a glass stopple; a cork stopple.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tipper 74% connected

A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well; -- so called from the first brewer of it, one Thomas Tipper.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Tipper 74% connected

A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well; -- so called from the first brewer of it, one Thomas Tipper.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Containing whole 2

Barrel 70% connected

A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cask 70% connected

Same as Casque.

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Synonym 3

Fee 92% connected

property; possession; tenure.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Spile 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tip 92% connected

The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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