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Tun, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tunned p. pr. & vb. n. Tunning.] To put into tuns, or casks.
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Tun n.
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 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. A weight of 2,240 pounds. See Ton. [R.]
5. An indefinite large quantity.
A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ. --Dryden.
6. A drunkard; -- so called humorously, or in contempt. --Dryden.
7. Zool. Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; -- called also tun-shell.
tun
n : a large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2
butts or 252 gals
[also: tunning, tunned]