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   Tun (tŭn), n. [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.
   
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   2. (Brewing) A fermenting vat.
   
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   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.
   
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   4. (Com.) A weight of 2,240 pounds. See Ton. [R.]
   
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   5. An indefinite large quantity.  Shak.
   
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   A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ. Dryden.
   
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   6. A drunkard; -- so called humorously, or in contempt. Dryden.
   
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   7. (Zool.) Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; -- called also tun-shell.
   
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   Tun, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tunned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tunning.] To put into tuns, or casks.  Boyle.
   
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