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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) firkin
a small wooden vessel or tub for butter, lard, etc.

2. firkin
an early English unit of capacity usu. equal to a quarter of a barrel.

Etymology: (1400–50; late ME ferdkyn, firdekyn=ferde (var. of ferthefourth ) +-kin-kin)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) firkin
a British unit of capacity equal to 9 imperial gallons

2. (noun) firkin
a small wooden keg

Definition of 'firkin'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) firkin
a varying measure of capacity, usually being the fourth part of a barrel; specifically, a measure equal to nine imperial gallons

2. (noun) firkin
a small wooden vessel or cask of indeterminate size, -- used for butter, lard, etc

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