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Definition of Kilderkins
1. kilderkin [n] - See also: kilderkin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kilderkins
Literary usage of Kilderkins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Statutes at Large, of England and of Great Britain: From Magna Carta to by Great Britain, Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, John Raithby (1811)
"An Aft to repeal a Branch of a Statute made Anno 23 H. 8[« touching the Prices
of Barrels and kilderkins. Coopers of the City of London, and of all other ..."
2. The Statutes at Large from the Magna Charta, to the End of the Eleventh by Great Britain (1763)
"An aft concerning new making of barrels^ kilderkins, and other ... put their beer
or ale to fale; (3) but that all fuch barrels, kilderkins, ..."
3. On the Stowage of Ships and Their Cargoes: With Information Regarding by Robert White Stevens (1871)
"BASS'S ales are always shipped by the (un of 4 hogsheads, 0 barrels, or 12
kilderkins; the weight of these sixes may bo taken in round numbers at 6, 4, ..."
4. A Complete System of Pleading: Comprehending the Most Approved Precedents by John Wentworth, George Townesend, James Cornwall (1797)
"... kilderkins, firkins, and pinns, and alfo the faid ... kilderkins, firkins,
and pinns, and the faid f'arting-tub with the faid pipe and the faid ..."
5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1883)
"Thus in the year 1482, 60 kilderkins at a shilling were consumed at the Essex
residence, ... 5^. for 200 more kilderkins supplied during the past year. ..."
6. The Practical Teacher by Joseph Hughes (1885)
"The difficulty arises from the fact that 3 kilderkins = I hogs- heid, and 2
kilderkins = I barrel, and therefore the question is : — From 3 ..."
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