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Substantiivi

1. In a wine bottle, the empty space between the cork and the top of the wine.
2. In a cask or barrel, the empty space, occupied by air, that is created by not completely filling the cask or barrel, or through spillage.
3. The topping-up of such a barrel with fresh wine.
4. In an industrial setting, the empty space in a tank, especially as for fuel.
5. Additional cargo of little or no value taken on to prevent movement of shifting of the purposive cargo.
6. (slang, obsolete, in the plural) Left-over wine surreptitiously drunk by waiters as they clear away the glasses.

Verbi

1. To gauge the amount of empty space between the top of a cask and the level of liquid inside it.