A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.
A fermenting vat.
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.
A weight of 2,240 pounds. See Ton. [R.]
An indefinite large quantity. Shak. A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ. Dryden.
A drunkard; -- so called humorously, or in contempt.
Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; -- called also tun-shell.
To put into tuns, or casks. Boyle.
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