lading-can

Noun

 * 1)  A tin can (containing two or three quarts) used for taking hot water out of a boiler.
 * 2)  A smaller vessel, often graduated for volume, used by traditional grocers for measuring goods such as sugar or rice from bulk to retailable quantities; a piggin.
 * 1)  A smaller vessel, often graduated for volume, used by traditional grocers for measuring goods such as sugar or rice from bulk to retailable quantities; a piggin.