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Definition:
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.

Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine

John Lyly. Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit (1578)
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"the oxen move but slowly, and must first drag the tun to the wine-cellar at the farm-house. But you may lead,"

Etta Blaisdell McDonald. Rafael in Italy (1910)
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a treasury; a sink, a court; a cap and bells, a favourite; a broken reed, a court of justice; an empty tun, a general; a running sore, the administration.

Jonathan Swift. Gulliver’s Travels (1726)
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