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Noun:
- A drunkard; so called humorously, or in contempt.
- A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.
- An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 252 wine gallons; equal to two pipes.
- An indefinite large quantity.
- A weight of 2,240 pounds.
- brewing A fermenting vat.
- zoology Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; called also tun-shell.
Source: Wiktionary
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