Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 butts or 252 gals;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tun \Tun\ (t[u^]n), 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.
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2. (Brewing) A fermenting vat.
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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.
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4. (Com.) A weight of 2,240 pounds. See Ton. [R.]
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5. An indefinite large quantity. --Shak.
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A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ. --Dryden.
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6. A drunkard; -- so called humorously, or in contempt.
--Dryden.
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7. (Zool.) Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera;
-- called also tun-shell.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tun \Tun\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tunned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tunning.]
To put into tuns, or casks. --Boyle.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tun
n 1: a large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to
2 butts or 252 gals
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
TUN, measure. A vessel of wine or oil, containing four hogsheads.