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Webster 1913 Edition

Tun

Tun

(tŭn)
,
Noun.
[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.
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.
Shak.
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

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tunned
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Tunning
.]
To put into tuns, or casks.
Boyle.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tun

TUN

,
Noun.
[L. teneo, to hold; Gr. to stretch.]
1.
In a general sense, a large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops.
2.
A certain measure for liquids,as for wine, oil, &c.
3.
A quantity of wine, consisting of two pipes or four hogsheads, or 252 gallons. In different countries, the tun differs in quantity.
4.
In commerce, the weight of twenty hundreds gross, each hundred consisting of 112 lb = 2240 lb. But by a law of Connecticut, passed June 1827, gross weight is abolished, and a tun is the weight of 2000 lb. It is also a practice in N. York to sell by 2000 lb. to the tun.
5.
A certain weight by which the burden of a ship is estimated; as a ship of three hundred tuns, that is, a ship that will carry three hundred times two thousand weight. Forty two cubic feet are allowed to a tun.
6.
A certain quantity of timber, consisting of forty solid feet if round, or fifty four feet if square.
7.
Proverbially, a large quantity.
8.
In burlesque, a drunkard.
9.
At the end of names, tun, ton, or don, signifies town, village, or hill.

TUN

,
Verb.
T.
To put into casks.

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tún

tún

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tun"

Faroese

Noun

tún n (genitive singular túns, plural tún)

  1. forecourt (e.g. asphalted), way between houses, street in a Faroese village

Declension

n3 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tún túnið tún túnini
Accusative tún túnið tún túnini
Dative túni túninum túnum túnunum
Genitive túns túnsins túna túnanna

Derived terms

  • fortún ‎(“footpath”)
  • hátún ‎(“terrace”)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tún, from Proto-Germanic *tūną, from Gaulish *dūnon, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom, from Proto-Indo-European *dheuh₂, *dhuh₂ ‎(“to finish, come full circle”).

Noun

tún n ‎(genitive singular túns, nominative plural tún)

  1. a hayfield

Declension

Derived terms

Mandarin

Romanization

tún (Zhuyin ㄊㄨㄣˊ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of 回
  2. Pinyin transcription of 坉
  3. Pinyin transcription of 屯
  4. Pinyin transcription of 忳
  5. Pinyin transcription of 敤
  6. Pinyin transcription of 沉
  7. Pinyin transcription of 燆
  8. Pinyin transcription of 穻
  9. Pinyin transcription of 紓
  10. Pinyin transcription of 纫
  11. Pinyin transcription of 肪
  12. Pinyin transcription of 臀
  13. Pinyin transcription of 臋
  14. Pinyin transcription of 芚
  15. Pinyin transcription of 訰
  16. Pinyin transcription of 豘
  17. Pinyin transcription of 豚
  18. Pinyin transcription of 軘
  19. Pinyin transcription of 逐
  20. Pinyin transcription of 霕
  21. Pinyin transcription of 飩, 饨
  22. Pinyin transcription of 魨
  23. Pinyin transcription of 鲀

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tūną ‎(“fence, enclosure”), from Gaulish *dūnon, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom ‎(“stronghold”). Cognate with Old English tūn, Old Frisian tūn, Old Saxon tūn, Old High German zūn. See also Proto-Slavic *tynъ ‎(“fence”), which is a borrowing from the Proto-Germanic word. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeuh₂-, *dʰuh₂- ‎(“to finish, come full circle”).

Pronunciation

  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈtuːn/

Noun

tún n (genitive túns, plural tún)

  1. a hedged plot, enclosure, courtyard, homestead
    • Sigurðarkviða Fáfnisbana III, verse 29, lines 7-8, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 147:
      […] ok gullu víð / gæss í túni.
      […] and in the court / the geese loudly screamed.
  2. a field or meadow around the dwelling
    • Saga Sigurðar Jórsalafara 13, in 1832, R. Rask, Fornmanna sögur, Volume VII. Copenhagen, page 97:
      […] sem eitt tún vítt vel ok kringlótt, […]
      […] as a broad and round-shaped field, […]

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Norwegian Bokmål: tun n
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tun n
  • Swedish: ton n, tun n (dialectal)

References

  • tún in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
  • tún in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Etymology

From Old Norse tún, from Proto-Germanic *tūną, from Gaulish *dūnon, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom, from Proto-Indo-European *dheuh₂, *dhuh₂ ‎(“to finish, come full circle”).

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