trans. [f. prec.] To put into a cask (or obs. a casket, box).
1562. Act 5 Eliz., v. § 6. Any Herring, being not sufficiently salted, packed and casked.
1596. Nashe, Saffron Walden, Wks. (Grosart), III. 204. Doctor Perne is caskt vp in lead, and cannot arise to plead for himselfe.
1749. Wealth Gt. Britain, 55. They are … casking … the fish.
1879. Baring-Gould, Germany, II. 86. I am Bacchus, casking this costly drink for men.
Hence Casked ppl. a. Casking vbl. sb. (also casks collectively; in pl. wines in casks.)
1624. Capt. Smith, Virginia, III. xi. 86. In searching our casked corne, we found it halfe rotten.
1791. Smeaton, Edystone L., § 206. What quantity of casking would hold a given quantity of burnt lime was a matter untried.
