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was used in
British and American colonial times to transport and store tobacco. It was a very large wooden barrel. A standardized hogshead measured 48 inches (1.22 m) long and 30 inches (76.20 cm) in diameter at the head (at least 550 L or 121 imp gal or 145 US gal,
248:
were listed in sugar schedules by the number of hogsheads of sugar or molasses produced. Used for sugar in the 18th and 19th centuries in the
British West Indies, a hogshead weighed on average 16 cwt / 812kg. A hogshead was also used for the measurement of
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202:
claims that a hogshead can consist of anything from (presumably) 62.5 to 140 US gallons (52 to 117 imp gal; 237 to 530 L). A hogshead of
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1217:
174:. c. 14) in 1423, though the standards continued to vary by locality and content. For example, the OED cites an 1897 edition of
1109:
133:
1802:
245:
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1771:
101:(1835–1912) noted the origin is to be found in the name for a cask or liquid measure appearing in various forms in
43:
725:
150:
depending on the width in the middle). Fully packed with tobacco, it weighed about 1,000 pounds (454 kg).
720:
55:
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198:
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1038:
1135:
708:
180:, which specified the gallons of wine in a hogshead varying most particularly across fortified wines:
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1114:
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20:
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of 1911 conjectured that the word should therefore be "oxhead", "hogshead" being a mere corruption.
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in
Britain contains about 300 L (66 imp gal; 79 US gal).
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1073:. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 507.
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was approximately equal to 45–48 gallons (0.205–0.218 m). A hogshead of
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1294:
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730:
241:
218:
189:
95:
1621:
1490:
1439:
171:
237:
is 54 gallons (250 L if old beer/ale gallons, 245 L if imperial).
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1309:
1195:
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1474:
1408:
1289:
1062:
715:
207:
193:
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47:
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A hogshead was also used as unit of measurement for sugar in
226:
71:
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1459:
1370:
1319:
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1249:
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214:
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54 imperial gallons (65 US gal; 245 L). The
166:(OED) notes that the hogshead was first standardized by an
63:
210:
was approximately equal to 56–61 gallons (0.255–0.277) m.
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67:
90:(proof) for the $ 2 tax on one hogshead of beer in 1867.
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57 imperial gallons (68 US gal; 259 L),
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46 imperial gallons (55 US gal; 209 L),
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Customary units of measurement in the United States
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128:
46:). More specifically, it refers to a specified
38:(abbreviated "hhd", plural "hhds") is a large
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16:Unit of volume for tobacco, wine or beer
30:A hogshead in relation to other barrels
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1236:Comparison with US customary system
13:
1225:
1085:"AP John Technical Specifications"
139:Ten Views in the Island of Antigua
14:
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42:of liquid (or, less often, of a
58:measures, primarily applied to
1772:Foot–pound–second system (FPS)
1101:
1077:
1051:
244:for most of the 19th century.
1:
1175:"English Beer and Ale Barrel"
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129:Varieties and standardisation
199:American Heritage Dictionary
77:
7:
1777:Twenty-foot equivalent unit
1039:English units of wine casks
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10:
1844:
1803:Wine packaging and storage
709:English brewery cask units
213:Eventually, a hogshead of
141:, W. Clark, 1823, plate X.
18:
1767:English Engineering units
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163:Oxford English Dictionary
21:Hogshead (disambiguation)
1652:Other units and measures
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271:English wine cask units
229:), while a hogshead of
137:"Sugar hogsheads" from
123:Encyclopædia Britannica
1643:Pounds per square inch
142:
91:
31:
1255:Thousandth of an inch
136:
85:
50:, measured in either
29:
1659:British thermal unit
359:puncheons, tertians
99:Walter William Skeat
19:For other uses, see
1823:Alcohol measurement
711:
273:
257:in Blacks Harbour,
177:Whitaker's Almanack
60:alcoholic beverages
1745:Avoirdupois system
707:
292:puncheon, tertian
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103:Germanic languages
92:
32:
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1543:
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168:act of Parliament
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1140:
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1128:
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1090:. Archived from
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1081:
1075:
1074:
1066:
1064:"Hogshead"
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147:tobacco hogshead
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1813:Units of volume
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1787:
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1738:Related systems
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1699:Horsepower-hour
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1229:
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1182:
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1157:
1148:
1147:
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1129:
1120:
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1094:
1087:
1083:
1082:
1078:
1056:
1052:
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899:
777:
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646:
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626:
561:
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525:
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131:
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24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
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1782:
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1739:
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1729:Spinning count
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1097:on 2011-02-15.
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44:food commodity
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1524:
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1519:
1517:
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1509:
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1502:
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1473:
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1425:
1422:
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1331:
1328:
1326:
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1237:
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1198:
1180:
1176:
1170:
1155:
1151:
1150:"wine barrel"
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1137:
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1116:
1111:
1104:
1093:
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1071:
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1025:
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879:= 4.621 L
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867:
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858:
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842:= 4.621 L
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824:
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22:
1689:Foot-poundal
1607:Long hundred
1587:Pound (mass)
1535:
1511:Fluid Drachm
1470:Trade gallon
1183:. Retrieved
1181:. 2002-01-23
1178:
1169:
1158:. Retrieved
1156:. 2009-02-02
1153:
1144:
1132:|title=
1113:– via
1103:
1092:the original
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1068:
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1014:= 4.546 L
971:= 4.621 L
963:ale gallons
931:= 4.621 L
923:ale gallons
885:= 83.18 L
882:= 41.59 L
848:= 73.94 L
845:= 36.97 L
834:ale gallons
735:
239:
223:imp gal
212:
204:Madeira wine
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154:
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56:US customary
35:
33:
1679:Foot-candle
1450:Fluid ounce
1376:Square mile
1356:Square yard
1351:Square foot
1346:Square inch
1020:= 81.83 L
1017:= 40.91 L
977:= 83.18 L
974:= 41.59 L
937:= 78.56 L
934:= 39.28 L
891:= 249.5 L
888:= 166.4 L
854:= 221.8 L
851:= 147.9 L
797:kilderkins
295:pipe, butt
253:fished for
246:Plantations
221:(52.5
121:, etc. The
105:, in Dutch
96:philologist
1818:Containers
1792:Categories
1755:Winchester
1714:Pound-foot
1694:Horsepower
1684:Foot-pound
1669:Fahrenheit
1445:Tablespoon
1419:Cubic mile
1414:Cubic yard
1404:Cubic foot
1399:Cubic inch
1260:Barleycorn
1185:2018-03-27
1160:2018-03-27
1045:References
1026:= 245.5 L
1023:= 163.7 L
983:= 249.5 L
980:= 166.4 L
943:= 235.7 L
940:= 157.1 L
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388:hogsheads
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