hogshead (n.) Old form(s): Hogs-head
large cask, barrel [of wine]
1H4 II.iv.5[Prince Hal to Poins, in response to 'Where hast thou been'] With three or four loggerheads, amongst three or fourscore hogsheads
2H4 II.iv.62[Doll to Hostess, of Falstaff] Can a weak empty vessel bear such a huge full hogshead?
LLL IV.ii.85[Costard to Holofernes, of the most likely to be pierced] he that is likest to a hogshead [also: blockhead]
Tem IV.i.251[Stephano to Caliban, of the clothing] Help to bear this away where my hogshead of wine is
WT III.iii.91[Clown to Shepherd, of the ship] anon swallowed with yeast and froth, as you'd thrust a cork into a hogshead
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