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What does "tun" mean?

Tun: (Brewing) A fermenting vat.

Additional senses

  1. 2.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.
  2. 3.(Com.) A weight of 2,240 pounds. See Ton. [R.]
  3. 4.An indefinite large quantity. Shak. A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ. Dryden.
  4. 5.A drunkard; -- so called humorously, or in contempt.
  5. 6.(Zoöl.) Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; -- called also tun-shell.
  6. 7.To put into tuns, or casks. Boyle.

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