Usually means: Small cask for liquids, beer.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word firkin:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. firkin: Merriam-Webster
  2. firkin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. firkin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. firkin: Collins English Dictionary
  5. firkin: Vocabulary.com
  6. Firkin, firkin: Wordnik
  7. firkin: Wiktionary
  8. firkin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. firkin: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. firkin: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Firkin, firkin: Dictionary.com
  12. firkin: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Firkin (unit), Firkin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Firkin: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. firkin: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. firkin: Rhymezone
  17. Firkin: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. firkin: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. firkin: FreeDictionary.org
  20. firkin: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. firkin: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. firkin: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Firkin: Easton Bible
  2. Firkin: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Firkin: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Firkin: Brew Monkey Glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (firkin)

▸ noun:  (British) A varying measure of capacity, usually being a quarter of a barrel; specifically, a measure equal to nine imperial gallons.
▸ noun:  (US) A small wooden vessel or cask of indeterminate size, used for butter, lard, etc.
▸ noun:  A measurement for the mass of butter, equalling 56 pounds.

Similar:
kilderkin, muchkin, flagon, jack, bucket, imperial pint, gill, kinkin, barrel, nipperkin, more...

Opposite:
tun, keg, cask, barrel

Types:
kilderkin, pint, quart, gallon, barrel, butt, tun, pipe, more...

Adjectives:
butter, wooden, late, little, jolly, deep, invaluable, discontented, large, old, empty
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Similar:
kilderkin, muchkin, flagon, jack, bucket, imperial pint, gill, kinkin, barrel, nipperkin, more...

Opposite:
tun, keg, cask, barrel

Types:
kilderkin, pint, quart, gallon, barrel, butt, tun, pipe, more...

Adjectives:
butter, wooden, late, little, jolly, deep, invaluable, discontented, large, old, empty



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