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Asket

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(1):

(n.) The plaited hemp used for packing a piston, as of the steam engine and its pumps.

(2):

(n.) Any ring or washer of packing.

(3):

(n.) A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely. Sea gaskets are common lines; harbor gaskets are plaited and decorated lines or bands. Called also casket.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Asket'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/asket.html. 1828.
 
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