Noun
a large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 butts or 252 gals

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

n.
A fermenting vat.

n.
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.

n.
A weight of 2,240 pounds. See Ton.

n.
An indefinite large quantity.

n.
A drunkard; -- so called humorously, or in contempt.

n.
Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; -- called also tun-shell.

v. i.
To put into tuns, or casks.

Tun

A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ.

Tun

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

To put into tuns, or casks.