TON

n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

pl. of Toe. Chaucer.

2.
n.

The common tunny, or house mackerel.

3.
n.

The prevailing fashion or mode; vogue; as, things of ton. Byron. If our people of ton are selfish, at any rate they show they are selfish. Thackeray. Bon ton. See in the Vocabulary.

4.
n.

A measure of weight or quantity. Specifically: --

5.
n.

The weight of twenty hundredweight.

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