Tun

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tun \Tun\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tunned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Tunning}.]
     To put into tuns, or casks. --Boyle.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tun
       n : a large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2
           butts or 252 gals
       [also: {tunning}, {tunned}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  TUN, measure. A vessel of wine or oil, containing four hogsheads.