01 n. 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 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.(Brewing)
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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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An indefinite large quantity.“A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ.” — Dryden.
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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.(Zool.) Also: tun-shell