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