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kilderkin (iou)



kilderkin noun. LME.
[from Middle Dutch kinderkin var. of kin(n)eken, -kijn, dim. of kintal, quintal QUINTAL: see -KIN.]
A cask for liquids, fish, butter, etc., containing half a barrel, or 16 or 18 gallons. LME.
This filled with some commodity; the quantity contained in this, esp. as a measure of capacity. LME.