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lear(1)(dictionary)
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lear(2)(dictionary)
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Lear, Edward(dictionary)
Lear (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)

cask (iou) and King Lear (oh)


cask (iou)



cask noun & verb. [k¨»:sk] E16.
[French casque or Spanish casco helmet, CASQUE. In sense 1 only in English.]
A. noun.
A wooden vessel of cylindrical form, usu. bulging in the middle, made of curved staves bound together by hoops, with flat ends, used esp. for alcoholic Drinks; a similar vessel of metal, plastic, etc.; a barrel. E16.
b. Such a vessel and its contents; the capacity of such a vessel as a measure for Wine, spirits, etc. E18.
a. = CASKET noun 1. rare (Shakes.). Only in L16.
b. A case; a shell. M17-E18.
= CASQUE 1. L16-L18.
fig.: Shakespeare Coriolanus Not moving From th' cask to th' cushion, but commanding peace..As he controll'd the war.
Comb.: cask-conditioned adjective (of beer) matured naturally in a cask, without chemical processing.
b. verb trans. Put into a cask. M16.

King Lear (oh)



a play by William Shakespeare about an old king who decides to divide his kingdom among his three daughters according to how much each of them says she loves him. Two daughters, Goneril and Regan, pretend to love him very much, and he divides the kingdom between them. The third daughter, Cordelia, is the only one who really loves him, but she receives nothing because she says that she loves him no more and no less than she should. As a result there are many sad and terrible events, including the deaths of Lear and his three daughters.