As for washing dishes, Mr. Harrison never made any pretence of doing it unless a rainy Sunday came. Then he went to work and washed them all at once in the rainwater hogshead, and left them to drain dry.
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Hogshead
/ˈhɒɡzˌhɛd/
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4 entriesbeer hogsheadliquor measurewine hogsheadwine measure
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6 entriesfill a hogsheadhogshead capacityhogshead of beerhogshead of wineship a hogsheadwooden hogshead
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As soon as the liquor is in the hogshead, the yeast, or fermenting principle, is put into it, stirred for some moments, and then left to itself. A liquor as rich as the above described ferments with force, and runs with rapidity through all the periods of fermentation. It is fit to distil as soon as that tumultuous state has subsided and the liquor is calm.
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[...] their vessels for use are made some of clay, of which sort some are so great as that they will containe more then one hogshead of water.
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The best Veſſel for Conveyance, (if you carry above 20 Miles) is, a great Tun that holds five Hogſheads; but if no more than 10, 15, or 20 Miles, ordinary Hogſheads will do well enough. I know by Experience you may ſafely carry 300 Carps, ſix and ſeven Inches long, in one Hogſhead; but from ſeven to a Foot, not ſo many by a fourth Part.
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