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tun |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tun \Tun\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tunned}; p. pr & vb n. {Tunning}.] To put into tuns, or casks. --Boyle. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tun \Tun\, n. [AS. tunne. See {Ton} a weight.] 1. A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask. 2. (Brewing) A fermenting vat. 3. A certain measure for liquids, as for wine, equal to two pipes, four hogsheads, or 252 gallons. In different countries, the tun differs in quantity. 4. (Com.) A weight of 2,240 pounds. See {Ton}. [R.] 5. An indefinite large quantity. --Shak. A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ. --Dryden. 6. A drunkard; -- so called humorously, or in contempt. 7. (Zo["o]l.) Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; -- called also {tun-shell}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tun n : a large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 butts or 252 gals
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