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Meaning:

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.

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