tun

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Turkish - Turkish
Gizli yer, köşe bucak
Gece
tun tun
Gizli gizli, kimse görmeksizin
tan tun
Öldürülmek veya başı belâya uğramak anlamına gelen tan tuna gitmek deyiminde geçer
English - English
A fermenting vat
An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 252 wine gallons; equal to two pipes

Again, by 28 Hen. VIII, cap. 14, it is re-enacted that the tun of wine should contain 252 gallons, a butt of Malmsey 126 gallons, a pipe 126 gallons, a tercian or puncheon 84 gallons, a hogshead 63 gallons, a tierce 41 gallons, a barrel 31.5 gallons, a rundlet 18.5 gallons.

A drunkard; so called humorously, or in contempt
A weight of 2,240 pounds
Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; called also tun-shell
A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask
An indefinite large quantity
{n} a cask of four hogsheads, 2 hundred weight, a space in a ship to contain a tun
{v} to put into a cask, to barrel up drink
Warp
The unit of measure of a vessel's burthen or tunnage The name is derived From a large wine barrel; hence, the number of runs of wine that she could carry For practical purposes, most authorities deem the tunnage/burthen of a vessel to be the product of her length times beam times depth divided by 100
a large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 butts or 252 gals
A very large cask for storing wine Some are large enough to hold the wine for several hundred thousand bottles
A certain measure for liquids, as for wine, equal to two pipes, four hogsheads, or 252 gallons
(occasionally ton)
{f} put into a tun, put into casks; store in a tun
The vessel that you mash in I use a Rubbermaid cooler, the kind football teams dump over the coaches head
In different countries, the tun differs in quantity
{i} large beer barrel or wine cask; large container used for fermenting, fermenting vat; measure of liquid capacity equal to 955 liters or 252 gallons (used for measuring wine); weight of 2,240 pounds (1,016 kilograms); large quantity which is vague or indefinite; chimney (Slang); drunk, alcoholic (Slang)
A period of approximately one year In actuality, 360 days
a large cask or barrel used for ale
To put into tuns, or casks
A tun
tonne
lauter tun
A large vessel with a perforated false bottom It is used to strain the sweet wort off the spent grains after mashing
lauter tun
Refers to the vessel that hold the grain bed during the lautering process
lauter tun
zymurgy
lauter tun
A vessel used to separate spent grains or draff from the lauter This vessel is typically fitted with a false bottom that holds the grain bed during sparging Also called the sparging vessel
lauter tun
A vessel, typically fitted with a false bottom or manifold, used to separate the wort from the solid part of the mash In some systems, the lauter tun and mash tun are combined; in other systems, they are different vessels
lauter tun
The vessel used in brewing between the mash tun and the brew kettle It separates the barley husks from the clear liquid wort The barley husks themselves help provide a natural filter bed through which the wort is strained
lauter tun
A vessel used to strain the sweet liquor or wort off the spent grains after mashing
lauter tun
The vessel with a slotted false bottom above a tap to allow the wort to be drawn off
tuns
plural of tun
tun

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    Etymology

    [ 't&n ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English tunne, from Old English, from Medieval Latin tunna.
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