KILDERKIN

kilderkin. Kilderkin, n. a liquid measure of 16 or 18 gallons

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Kil″der‐kin (?), n. [[OD. kindeken, kinneken, a small barrel, orig., a little child, fr. kind child; akin to G. kind, and to E. kin.]] A small barrel; an old liquid measure containing eighteen English beer gallons, or nearly twenty-two gallons, United States measure. [Written also kinderkin.]