Bunghole, the Glossary
A bunghole is a hole bored in a liquid-tight barrel to remove contents.[1]
Table of Contents
23 relations: Anus, Barrel, Beavis, Beavis and Butt-Head, Beer, Brace (tool), Coal, Disembowelment, Fermentation in food processing, François Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel, Hamlet, Lyndon B. Johnson, MTV, National pipe thread, Scuttlebutt, Slag, Spile, Stopper (plug), Thomas Urquhart, Tundish, Wine, Yorick.
Anus
In mammals, invertebrates and most fish, the anus (anuses or ani; from Latin, 'ring' or 'circle') is the external body orifice at the exit end of the digestive tract (bowel), i.e. the opposite end from the mouth.
Barrel
A barrel or cask is a hollow cylindrical container with a bulging center, longer than it is wide. Bunghole and barrel are containers.
Beavis
Beavis is a fictional character who serves as one of two protagonists from the MTV/Paramount+ animated series Beavis and Butt-Head.
Beavis and Butt-Head
Beavis and Butt-Head is an American adult animated sitcom created by Mike Judge.
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Beer
Beer is an alcoholic beverage produced by the brewing and fermentation of starches from cereal grains—most commonly malted barley, although wheat, maize (corn), rice, and oats are also used.
A brace is a hand tool used with a bit (drill bit or auger) to drill holes, usually in wood.
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams.
Disembowelment
Disembowelment, disemboweling, evisceration, eviscerating or gutting is the removal of organs from the gastrointestinal tract (bowels or viscera), usually through an incision made across the abdominal area.
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Fermentation in food processing
In food processing, fermentation is the conversion of carbohydrates to alcohol or organic acids using microorganisms—yeasts or bacteria—under anaerobic (oxygen-free) conditions.
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François Rabelais
François Rabelais (born between 1483 and 1494; died 1553) was a French writer who has been called the first great French prose author.
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Gargantua and Pantagruel
The Five Books of the Lives and Deeds of Gargantua and Pantagruel (Les Cinq livres des faits et dits de Gargantua et Pantagruel), often shortened to Gargantua and Pantagruel or the Cinq Livres (Five Books), is a pentalogy of novels written in the 16th century by François Rabelais.
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Hamlet
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, usually shortened to Hamlet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969.
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MTV
MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television channel.
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National pipe thread
American National Standard Pipe Thread standards, often called national pipe thread standards for short, are United States national technical standards for screw threads used on threaded pipes and pipe fittings.
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Scuttlebutt
Scuttlebutt in slang usage means rumor or gossip, deriving from the nautical term for the cask used to serve water (or, later, a water fountain).
Slag
Slag is a by-product of smelting (pyrometallurgical) ores and recycled metals.
Spile
A spile (sometimes called a "cask peg") is a wooden or metal peg used to control the flow of air into, and carbon dioxide out of, a cask of ale or wine.
Stopper (plug)
A stopper, bung, or cork is a cylindrical or conical closure used to seal a container, such as a bottle, tube, or barrel. Bunghole and stopper (plug) are containers.
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Thomas Urquhart
Sir Thomas Urquhart (1611–1660) was a Scottish aristocrat, writer, and translator.
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Tundish
The word tundish originates from a shallow wooden dish with an outlet channel, fitting into the bunghole of a tun or cask and forming a kind of funnel for filling it.
Wine
Wine is an alcoholic drink made from fermented fruit.
Yorick
Yorick is an unseen character in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunghole
Also known as Bung hole, Bungehole, Bunghole (slang), Dunghole.