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Substantiivi

1. A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)
2. A part of the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar system which corresponds to 18 winal cycles or 360 days.
3. (brewing) A fermenting vat.
4. (historical) A traditional unit of liquid measure (from the volume of such a cask) equal to 252 wine gallons or 2 pipes.
5. Synonym of long ton: a unit of mass equal to 2240 pounds, 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds avoirdupois each.
6. (figurative) Synonym of ton: any extremely or excessively large amount.
7. (archaic, humorous or derogatory) Synonym of drunkard: a person who drinks excessively.
8. Any shell belonging to Tonna and allied genera.
9. The cryptobiotic state of a tardigrade, when its metabolism is temporarily suspended.
10. (obsolete, Oxford University, Pembroke College) A small silver cup holding half a pint, sometimes having a whistle in the handle that could not be blown until the cup was empty.
11. (dialectal, UK) a chimney.

Verbi

1. (transitive) To put into tuns, or casks.