Chapter 6, Item 72b
Liquid measure
The Measures of these kind of Vessels.
A Tun contains 8 Barrels.
A Hogshead, is two Barrels.
A Terce, is a Barrel and an half.
A Barrel is 36 Gallons, but of Ale it is 32 Gallons.
A Kilderkin or Half Barrel is 2 Firkins.
A Firkin is the fourth part of a Barrel, containing nine Gallons.
A Rundlet, is any Vessel under a Firkin, and of any measure from a Pint to 9 Gallons, which are called Rundlets of such or such a measure or quantity.
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Chapter 6, Item 73a
Barrel parts
The several parts of a Barrel, Hogshead or Tun.
A Cask, the general term for all such kind of Vessels.
The Staves, is the Timber of which the Cask is made.
The Head, the round Boards at the ends of the Vessel.
The Goop or Crowes, the nick in which the Barrel Head is fastned.
The Raising Hoops, the first strong Hoops that holds them together.
The Over Run Hoops.
The Bildge or Bulge Hoops.
The Quarter Hoops.
The Hoop Twigs, are Withen Twigs Cloven.
The Leg or Chime, that part above the Barrel head.
The Cross Bar, the cross piece over the Barrel Head.
The Bar Pins, the Pins that holds it on.
The Vent hole,
The Bung and Bung hole,
The forcet hole.
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