tun
v.
put into a tun, put into casks; store in a tun
n.
large beer barrel or wine cask; large container used for fermenting, fermenting vat; measure of liquid capacity equal to 955 liters or 252 gallons (used for measuring wine); weight of 2,240 pounds (1,016 kilograms); large quantity which is vague or indefinite; chimney (Slang); drunk, alcoholic (Slang)
Tun
Tunisia
tun
Noun
1. a large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 butts or 252 gals
(hypernym) barrel, cask
tun
v.
do, perform, execute, make, create, act
Tun
(v. i.)
To put into tuns, or casks.
(n.)
Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; -- called also tun-shell.
(n.)
An indefinite large quantity.
(n.)
A weight of 2,240 pounds. See Ton.
(n.)
A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.
(n.)
A fermenting vat.
(n.)
A drunkard; -- so called humorously, or in contempt.
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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