Bungs [noun]

This boast does not arouse Alfred's envy as he has friends in Brownsville who can drink out of the bung hole of a barrel.

So Uncle John put the great stoppers that they call bungs into the bung-holes in the kegs, so that the cider would not run out.

It is like milk in a pan, with no more motion now than there is in a full hogshead before the bung is started.

Den de bung-shells 'gun ter bus'; en I ax myse'f w'at dey shootin' at me fer, en I ain't never fin' out w'at make dey do it.

In the middle of the cellar lay a big barrel with an open bung-hole, but bound fast round with three iron hoops.

Do not close the bung tight for three or four days, that the air may escape while it is fermenting.

Leave the bung loose till the beer is done working; you can ascertain this by observing when the froth subsides.

In three weeks or less this rising will cease, and the bung should be put in loose, and after three days driven in tight.

As the froth works out of the bung, fill up every day or two, with some of the same pressing kept for the purpose.

Place the casks in an open shed or cellar, if it be cold weather, give plenty of air and leave the bung out.