The fraught of these prouisions for a man, will be about halfe a tun, which is12 l. 10s. 10d. From Wordnik.com. [The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles: With the Names of the Adventurers, Planters, and Governours from Their First Beginning, Ano: 1584. To This Present 1624. With the Procedings of Those Severall Colonies and the Accidents That Befell Them in All Their Journyes and Discoveries. Also the Maps and Descriptions of All Those Countryes, Their Commodities, People, Government, Customes, and Religion Yet Knowne. Divided into Sixe Bookes. By Captaine Iohn Smith, Sometymes Governour in Those Countryes & Admirall of New England] Reference
A tun is a certain measure for liquids, as for wine, and its capacity equals two pipes, or four hogsheads, or 252 gallons. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892] Reference
Later the village was surrounded by a wall called a tun, and by a transfer of terms the village frequently came to be called a mark, or tun, later changed to town. From Wordnik.com. [Society Its Origin and Development] Reference
I thought the name was Anglo-Saxon for the topographical feature of the Humber River and "tun" or "ton", meaning farm or homestead. From Wordnik.com. [Black Sabbath Gets Medieval] Reference
Wokings, and Wellington the 'tun' of the Wellings. From Wordnik.com. [A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII] Reference
If the "tun" module appears to have been initialized successfully, go ahead and ls - l for the node. From Wordnik.com. [almost effortless] Reference
Thus Ea-ton, a name scattered all along the Thames, from its very source to the last reaches, is the "tun" by the water or stream. From Wordnik.com. [The Historic Thames] Reference
When the block-house and palisade enclosed the farm of a single settler the "tun," in its still earlier sense, was even more nearly reproduced. From Wordnik.com. [The Winning of the West, Volume 1 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776] Reference
The solutions to the twelve just given are: (1) "A tun.". From Wordnik.com. [Filipino Popular Tales] Reference
Islington (iz'ling-tun), a district in the north of London. From Wordnik.com. [Elson Grammar School Literature v4] Reference
Suppose you brew early on Thursday morning, you may tun it at 9 or 10 on. From Wordnik.com. [The Practical Distiller An Introduction To Making Whiskey, Gin, Brandy, Spirits, &c. &c. of Better Quality, and in Larger Quantities, than Produced by the Present Mode of Distilling, from the Produce of the United States] Reference
To the mash tun there should be a cover, in two or more pieces, according to size. From Wordnik.com. [The American Practical Brewer and Tanner] Reference
In other words, quality may be controlled on the kiln or in the mash-tun, or both. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
The saw blades had usually a tensile strain of upwards of one tun per inch of breadth of blade. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference
Pitch your tun at 70 degrees, giving one gallon of solid yest; cleanse within twenty-four hours. From Wordnik.com. [The American Practical Brewer and Tanner] Reference
WARRANTED to Melt, with, one tun of Coal, 2000 lbs. of Iron MORE than any other Cupola now in use. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference
Being a measure, a tun may be made of any shape, so that the capacity is neither increased or diminished. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892] Reference
Haven Guatulco, burnt two hundred thousand tun of cacao, it proved no small loss to all New Spain, the provinces. From Wordnik.com. [Cocoa and Chocolate Their History from Plantation to Consumer] Reference
Investigation has shown that the type of maltodextrin can be regulated, not only in the mash-tun but also on the malt-kiln. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
Our whale, the first of the school killed by the second mate's boat -- had in its case a tun, or ten barrels, of spermaceti!. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
One of his ideas is to use the spent grain from the mash tun to make loaves of bread, which could be donated to a worthy cause. From Wordnik.com. [Beer: Fermentables in your future] Reference
If the malt is ground too fine, difficulties arise in regard to efficient drainage in the mash-tun and subsequent clarification. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
Give of good solid yest four gallons, two gallons at first, and two gallons more in twelve hours after, rouse your tun each time. From Wordnik.com. [The American Practical Brewer and Tanner] Reference
The startled Bonnie, with her frightened eyes, appears infinitely larger than the two men attempting to stuff her into the mash tun. From Wordnik.com. [The Bludgeoning of a Burgeoning Young Artist] Reference
First, or mashing liquor, 168, run your whole quantity of boiling liquor into your mash tun, and when it cools down to the above point of. From Wordnik.com. [The American Practical Brewer and Tanner] Reference
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