Category:Tun

Tun, n. Etym: [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)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: 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. (zoöl.)

Defn: any shell belonging to dolium and allied genera; -- called also Tun-shell.

Tun Tun, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tunned; p. pr. & vb. n. Tunning.]

Defn: to put into tuns, or casks. Boyle.