hogshead
A large barrel or cask of indefinite contents, especially one containing from 100 to 140 gallons.
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The temperature in Poughkeepsie is 6 degrees Fahrenheit, with wind wafting at 8 rods per hogshead
The temperature in Tierra del Fuego is 19 degrees Fahrenheit, with wind gushing at 18 rods per hogshead
i'm going to keep posting this for a while, seems important. and hogshead wants to spend $1.5 trillion thedailyeconomy.org/article/us-d... bsky.app/profile/mete...
The temperature in Beijing is 29 degrees Delisle, with wind gusting at 14 rods per hogshead
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A large barrel or cask of indefinite contents, especially one containing from 100 to 140 gallons.
“The temperature in Poughkeepsie is 6 degrees Fahrenheit, with wind wafting at 8 rods per hogshead”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The temperature in Tierra del Fuego is 19 degrees Fahrenheit, with wind gushing at 18 rods per hogshead”
— Bluesky· May 2026“i'm going to keep posting this for a while, seems important. and hogshead wants to spend $1.5 trillion thedailyeconomy.org/article/us-d... bsky.app/profile/mete...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The temperature in Beijing is 29 degrees Delisle, with wind gusting at 14 rods per hogshead”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(Britain) A cask of a certain size; its volume used as a measure of capacity for liquids, containing 63 wine gallons, or about imperial gallons (a half pipe).
[...] their vessels for use are made some of clay, of which sort some are so great as that they will containe more then one hogshead of water.
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