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tun

  [tuhn] ,noun, verb, tunned, tun⋅ning.
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–noun
1. a large cask for holding liquids, esp. wine, ale, or beer.
2. a measure of liquid capacity, usually equivalent to 252 wine gallons.
–verb (used with object)
3. to put into or store in a tun or tuns.
Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME tunne, OE; c. D ton, G Tonne (< LG), ON tunna; (v.) late ME, deriv. of the n.
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Tun.

 
Tunisia.
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tun   (tŭn)   
n.  

  1. A large cask for liquids, especially wine.

  2. A measure of liquid capacity, especially one equivalent to approximately 252 gallons (954 liters).


[Middle English, from Old English tunne, possibly of Celtic origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

tun 
"large cask," O.E. tunne, a general North Sea Gmc. word (cf. O.Fris. tunne, M.Du. tonne, O.H.G. tunna, Ger. tonne), also found in M.L. tunna (9c.) and O.Fr. tonne, perhaps from a Celtic source (cf. M.Ir., Gael. tunna, O.Ir. toun "hide, skin"). Tun-dish (1388) was a funnel made to fit into the bung of a tun.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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