TUN
\tˈʌn], \tˈʌn], \t_ˈʌ_n]\
Definitions of TUN
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.
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A fermenting vat.
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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.
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A weight of 2,240 pounds. See Ton.
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An indefinite large quantity.
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To put into tuns, or casks.
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A drunkard; - so called humorously, or in contempt.
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Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; - called also tun-shell.
By Oddity Software
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A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.
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A fermenting vat.
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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.
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A weight of 2,240 pounds. See Ton.
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An indefinite large quantity.
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To put into tuns, or casks.
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A drunkard; - so called humorously, or in contempt.
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Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; - called also tun-shell.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A measure of weight, either 2,000 pounds (a short ton), or 2,240 pounds (a long ton).
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A measure of 40 to 100 cubic feet. See TONNAGE.
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To put into a tun.
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A large cask; fermenting-vat.
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A brew.
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A varying measure of capacity.
By James Champlin Fernald
