Look up: puncheon

1. Puncheon
   A wine barrel that holds approximately 84 U.S. gallons (318 litres) .
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2. puncheon
   a short post giving intermediate support to a beam between standards Category: Building industry
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3. Puncheon
   Punch'eon noun [ French poinçon awl, bodkin, crown, king-post, from Latin punctio a pricking, from pungere to prick. See Pungent , and confer Punch a tool, Punction .] 1. A figured stamp, die, or punc...
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4. Puncheon
   • (n.) A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by goldsmiths, cutlers, etc. • (n.) A split log or heavy slab with the face smoothed; as, a floor made of puncheons. • (n.) A cask containing, sometimes 84, sometimes 120, gallons. • (n.) A short, upright piece of timber in framing; a s...
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5. Puncheon
   In architecture, a puncheon is any vertical scaffold tube used in the erection of tubular scaffolding, which is not supported upon the ground or upon a base plate.
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6. Puncheon
   Puncheon is a tool or instrument for piercing or punching, such as those used for impressing designs onto coin dies. The "barrel" meaning is thought to derive from the fact that it would have been marked by use of a punch to denote its contents. ==Puncheon rum== In Trinidad and Tobago, the term "puncheon" is used to describe Puncheon Rum, whic...
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7. puncheon
   puncheon (pŭn'chun) , plank or board made by hewing instead of sawing. American pioneers who could not procure the products of sawmills made much use of puncheons in their log buildings. The puncheons used for floors were split logs hewn smooth on the split side only.
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8. Puncheon
   A puncheon was a liquid measure of capacity containing from 84 to 120 gallons. In beer it was equal to one and a third hogsheads, or seven firkins.
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