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puncheon

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A split log or heavy slab of timber with the face smoothed, used for flooring or construction

he chose to regard with a lowering and suspicious mien, unless it were in the dead hours of the night, when he developed a morbid craving to be trotted back and forth and up and down the puncheon floor .

A cask used to hold liquids, having a capacity varying from 72 to 120 gallons; a tercian

Again, by 28 Hen. VIII, cap. 14, it is re-enacted that the tun of wine should contain 252 gallons, a butt of Malmsey 126 gallons, a pipe 126 gallons, a tercian or puncheon 84 gallons, a hogshead 63 gallons, a tierce 41 gallons, a barrel 31.5 gallons, a rundlet 18.5 gallons.

A short, upright piece of timber in framing; a short post; an intermediate stud
A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by goldsmiths, cutlers, etc
{n} a tool to make a hole, a large cask
An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 84 wine gallons; a tercian
A split log or heavy slab with the face smoothed; as, a floor made of puncheons
A cask containing, sometimes 84, sometimes 120, gallons
puncheon

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    [ 'p&n-ch&n ] (noun.) 14th century. From Anglo-Norman ponchon, pounceon et al., and Middle French ponçon, poinchon et al., from Latin punctio (“action of piercing”).