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keg

(kĕg)

a. A small cask or barrel with a capacity of about 30 gallons (114 liters).

b. Such a container and its contents.

2. A unit of weight used for nails, equal to 100 pounds (45.5 kilograms).

tr.v. kegged, keg·ging, kegs

To put or store in a small cask or barrel.

[Middle English kag, from Old Norse kaggi.]

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keg

(kɛɡ)

1. a small barrel with a capacity of between five and ten gallons

2. (Brewing)

a. an aluminium container in which beer is transported and stored

b. Also called: keg beer beer kept in a keg: it is infused with gas and served under pressure

[C17: variant of Middle English kag, of Scandinavian origin; related to Old Norse kaggi cask]

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keg

(kɛg)

n.

1. a small cask or barrel holding from 5 to 10 gallons (19 to 38 liters).

2. a unit of weight equal to 100 pounds (45 kg), used for nails.

[1585–95; earlier cag < Old Norse kaggi]

keg

A unit of volume, used especially for beer, equal to approximately 30 gal. Also used as a measure of weight for nails, equal to 100 lb.

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Noun	1.	keg - the quantity contained in a keg kegful containerful - the quantity that a container will hold
	2.	keg - small cask or barrel barrel, cask - a cylindrical container that holds liquids firkin - a small wooden keg powder keg - keg (usually made of metal) for gunpowder or blasting powder

keg

noun barrel, drum, vat, cask, firkin, tun, hogshead a full keg of beer

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Translations

Fass

lekkeritynnyri

fût tonnelet

hordóhordócska

barilotto birra alla spina

fust vat

sod

keg

[keg]

A. N → barrilete m

B. CPD keg beer N → cerveza f de barril

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keg

[ˈkɛg] n [beer] → tonnelet m

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keg

(= barrel) → kleines Fass, Fässchen nt

(also keg beer) → Bier nt → vom Fass

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keg

[kɛg] n → barile m, fusto

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"An' I know for a fact that he keeps a keg in the house all the time as well."

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Another company, a lucky one for not all the companies had vodka, crowded round a pock-marked, broad-shouldered sergeant major who, tilting a keg, filled one after another the canteen lids held out to him.

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Alec said remorsefully, as he strained his eyes through the dusk, fancying he saw a small figure sitting in the garden as it had sat on the keg the night before, laying the generous little plot that had cost more than he could guess.

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Now, there’s no better man a-going than Squire Dickens, and I love him about the same as I loves Mistress Hollister’s new keg of Jamaiky.” The steward paused, and turning his uncouth visage on the hunter, he surveyed him with a roguish leer of his eye, and gradually suffered the muscles of his hard features to relax, until his face was illuminated by the display of his white teeth, when he “ dropped his voice, and added; “I say, Master Leather-

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Then they broached another keg, an' quit speculatin' about anythin' fer another spell.

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I would not like to be positive, but I think we have seen as much as a keg of these nails.

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" Its flavor when cooked is more exquisite far Than mutton, or oysters, or eggs:(Some think it keeps best in an ivory jar, And some, in mahogany kegs:)