Tun

Tun

(1):

(n.) A fermenting vat.

(2):

(n.) A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.

(3):

(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.

(4):

(n.) A weight of 2,240 pounds. See Ton.

(5):

(v. i.) To put into tuns, or casks.

(6):

(n.) An indefinite large quantity.

(7):

(n.) A drunkard; - so called humorously, or in contempt.

(8):

(n.) Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; - called also tun-shell.