TUN

tun. Tun, n. a cask of four hogsheads, 2 hundred weight, a space in a ship to contain a tun

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Tun (?), n. [[AS. tunne. See Ton a weight.]] 1. 1. A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.
2. 2. (Brewing) A fermenting vat.
3. 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. 4. (Com.) A weight of 2,240 pounds. See Ton.
5. 5. An indefinite large quantity. Shak.
A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ. Dryden. 6. 6. A drunkard; — so called humorously, or in contempt.
7. 7. (Zoöl.) Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; — called also tun-shell.