The word is in the Wiktionary

7 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• firkin n. (Britain) A varying measure of capacity, usually being a quarter of a barrel; specifically, a measure…
• firkin n. (US) A small wooden vessel or cask of indeterminate size, used for butter, lard, etc.
• firkin n. A weight measure for butter, equalling 56 pounds.

— English words, defined in French —

• firkin n. (Commerce, Tonnellerie) (Désuet) Frequin, baril servant au transport des marchandises, comme le beurre…
• firkin n. (Par extension) (Métrologie) (Royaume-Uni) Ancienne unité britannique de volume, valant neuf gallons…
• firkin n. (Par extension)(Métrologie) (Désuet) 56 livres, pour le beurre.
• firkin n. (Par extension) (Par plaisanterie) Unité de masse, valant la masse de 9 gallons d’eau, soit 40,8233133…

26 English words from 3 English definitions

barrel being Britain butter capacity cask equalling etc for indeterminate lard measure of␣a pounds quarter quarter␣of size small specifically used usually varying vessel weight weight␣measure wooden

12 English words from 4 foreign definitions

Commerce des eau extension gallons livres Par pour servant transport Uni volume

20 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

Ancienne baril beurre britannique comme de␣masse Désuet Frequin marchandises masse Métrologie neuf Par␣extension plaisanterie Royaume Royaume-Uni soit Tonnellerie unité valant

2 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

firking firkins

10 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

fir FIR firk irk Irk kin Kin -kin k'in -kin-

9 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ikr IKR Kri KRI Nik -nik rif Rif RIF

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

Rifkin

6 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

firking firkins frickin' kafirin Rifkind Rifkins

4 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

firni Frink kirin Kirin

5 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

Birkin Filkin Firmin firoin girkin

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