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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tun \Tun\, noun [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tun \Tun\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Tunned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tunning}.] To put into tuns, or casks. --Boyle.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
tun
noun: a large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 butts or 252 gals [also: {tunning}, {tunned}]
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