Tun

·noun A fermenting vat.

II. Tun ·noun An indefinite large quantity.

III. Tun ·vi To put into tuns, or casks.

IV. Tun ·noun A drunkard;

— so called humorously, or in contempt.

V. Tun ·noun A weight of 2,240 pounds. ·see Ton.

VI. Tun ·noun Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera;

— called also tun-shell.

VII. Tun ·noun A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.

VIII. Tun ·noun 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.