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“Well,” said the Wart, “I can see why the reptiles who had given up being fishes decided to become birds. It certainly is tun.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
Of the beautiful sort, find Lord, if You tun— She's about to be short. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
RunningSeattle Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis SUN 5K tun/walk to raise funds for preventing, controlling and curing arthritis, holiday costumes encouraged, 8:50 a.m.; 1k children’s run, 8:20 a.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2012-12-06T02:12:12Z
A study in gears and grace, the nearly seven-foot deep mash tun is the stuff steampunk dreams are made of: a contraption of cast iron, steel and bronze. The Whisky Chronicles 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z
The jury is out on whether the oaken tuns at the Newark brewery imparted any significant flavor to their contents. Pabst bringing back Ballantine as a craft brew
According to one early chronicler, “The Dauphin, thinking King Henry to be given to such plays and light follies . . . sent to him a tun of tennis-balls.” David Foster Wallace’s Perfect Game 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z
Guests can take part in every step of the brewing process — including the messy work of removing hundreds of pounds of processed grain from the “mash tun,” where grain and water are mixed. Journeys: Make Your Beer and Drink It, Too 2010-02-24T21:53:00Z
It may tun out to be a climactic final act. Pac-12 looking like a football powerhouse in what may be conference’s final season 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z
Using his typical mix of nasty sliders and biting curveball with a located fastball to keep hitters honest, he didn’t get a tun of help from his defense, which committed two errors. Mariners beat Guardians in 11 innings in game that feels like it happened in the postseason 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z
To watch the trailer for “My Zoe,” you’d expect a movie about a mother so wracked with grief over the death of her young daughter that she tuns to cloning to bring her back. Review | ‘My Zoe’ combines marital melodrama with sci-fi flick, to mixed results 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z
Cabello suggested a “tun tun” operation was in order, referring to arrests and raids by security agencies that target critics of the government. Scientists rush to defend Venezuelan colleagues threatened over coronavirus study 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z
Another tardigrade superpower is their ability to dehydrate their bodies into a state known as a “tun.” Thousands of tardigrades crash-land on the moon. Did they survive? 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z
He said it appears that a tardigrade that enters a tun state at one month old emerges with the same biological age when it is revived a decade later. Tardigrades may have survived spacecraft crashing on moon 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z
It usually takes under five seconds for the system to recognize you and tun on. Dell’s new business laptop logs you in hands-free 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z
Besides this product the remains of five hogsheads of fish will produce one tun of pumice or fish guano, the best fertilizer known, and worth by itself $20 per tun.” The Fight over Abortion Heats Up, 1969; The Price of Helium, 1919 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z
Maryland’s own cats are back, and offering more funkadelic, groovy tuns for either meditation or mellow dancing. Train, Colin Hay and others unveil new albums 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z
Here's a video showing dormant tardigrades reviving from their tun state: Scientists revive microscopic water bears after 30 years of deep freeze 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z
They curl up into something called a “tun.” The Tardigrade: Practically Invisible, Indestructible ‘Water Bears’ 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z
The U.S. is looking at screening women for longer and more frequently tun the U.K. A Viewer’s Guide to Mammography Evidence Ping-Pong 2014-05-01T12:10:06Z
Malaysia’s government needs to speak with a single voice. Start by designating a senior minister—ideally, Prime Minister Najib tun Razak—as the primary point of information about the search for Flight 370. Can Malaysia Salvage Its Public Image? 2014-03-18T18:15:19Z
Spiritual affairs—for it was respecting the importation of a tun of wine into the island monastery—demanded the presence of one of the brotherhood of Innisfallen at the abbey of Irelagh, now called Mucruss. Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland 2012-05-22T15:16:54.237Z
Goodman's idea is that the Mayas used this system in counting their days of the month, their kins, uinals, tuns, katuns, and cycles. Was the Beginning Day of the Maya Month Numbered Zero (or Twenty) or One? 2012-03-26T02:00:38.573Z
The European Space Agency once sent tuns into space: Two-thirds survived simultaneous exposure to solar radiation and the vacuum of space. The Tardigrade: Practically Invisible, Indestructible ‘Water Bears’ 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z
While the ship was being moored, I landed to examine some wells near the outer point, which have been said to afford some tuns of good water. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z
In 1638 Moses was licensed to sell a tun of wine a year. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z
Underneath these quarters, is the principal tank, divided into twelve compartments, and capable of containing 1000 tuns of water. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z
Prisage, prī′zāj, n. formerly a right of the English kings to seize for crown purposes, esp. that of taking two tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z
Nought they tire Of this their round, but week by week In mirth and work contentment seek; Returning when their work is done Once more to swill the jovial tun. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z
The culprit has the alternative of paying a shilling to the college library, or ordering a tun of bitter beer. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z
But he soon loved the "tunning sing," and would stand watching it with a grave face, till some funny little idea found vent in still funnier words or caresses. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z
They replied that they had; so he asked that a tun might be brought, as he wished to drink; and he told them he would show them a champion-feat after he had drunk. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z
Having crushed it, he places it in the "mash tun," a large tank of wood or iron, in which it is mixed with water and subjected to heat. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z
O'Brien, lord of the isles—In consideration of twelve tuns of wine annually engages to protect the trade of Galway—a.d. The South Isles of Aran 2011-10-26T02:00:28.363Z
"Take four and twenty bucks and ewes, And ten tun of the wine, And bid my love be blythe and glad,65 And I will follow syne." English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z
Acton, ak′tun, n. a stuffed leather jacket which used to be worn under a coat of mail. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z
Two men were accordingly sent on board for a tun of wine. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z
Another has a shield bearing three tuns, surrounded by— "The Vintners' arms." Notes and Queries, Vol. III, Number 87, June 28, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-09-25T02:00:16.433Z
The chief steward, a tun of a man, bigger even than Monsieur Pettipon, peeped at his visitor from beneath waggish, furry eyebrows. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z
When I was in Tours I visited the abbey of Marmoustier, and there drank a veritable potation from the huge tun which the blessed St. Martin himself filled, by squeezing a single cluster of grapes. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z
My tongue would be a tun�d reed, My throat a silver horn, My lips for fuller faith would plead From even unto morn. The Piper and the Reed 2011-09-10T02:00:23.967Z
So saying, he brought the tun to the crest of the hill, and set it down at the edge of a steep cliff. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z
Chaucer had not lost, as they represent, Henry’s own letters patent of only five days before, but Richard’s patents for the yearly £20 and the tun of wine. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z
On the north side is a man and dog hunting, on the south side two tuns of wine. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Manchester A Short History and Description of the Church and of the Collegiate Buildings now known as Chetham's Hospital 2011-08-26T02:00:28.290Z
We had a charming time poking about the ruins, the vaults where the monster tun is, and the beautiful gardens made by the elector, long ago, for his English wife. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z
I had only time to tell my wife that Burguet would defend the deserter, and then went down into the cellar to fill the two tuns at the counter, which were already empty. The Blockade of Phalsburg An Episode of the End of the Empire 2011-07-27T02:00:39.197Z
When they had brought it, Dermat raised it in his arms and drank; and the others drank in like manner till the tun was empty. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z
He planted vineyards all about-- For, trust me, Noah was no lout; Built cellars then, and pressed the wine, And tunned it into hogsheads fine. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z
For this purpose, the Saxon “tun” was taken as the unit of ecclesiastical organisation and it became known as the “parish,” the specific area placed under the spiritual over-sight of the parish priest. Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London 2011-06-30T02:00:33.287Z
In 1398 he received an additional grant of wine—a tun a year for life—and was also promoted to be sole, instead of sub-, forester of North Pemberton. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z
Open tuns were standing about; some filled already with the newly pressed wine. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z
A tun would be tapped, and violins ringing, a dancing and singing, jumping and springing. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z
Yet I think the localities are few and far between in which a tun of good grapes can be grown as cheaply as a tun of wheat, under the most judicious cultivation in either case. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z
The parish church is the “tun kirke” of Old English times, and a tenement of a hide or two virgates is of right reserved to it.” Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London 2011-06-30T02:00:33.287Z
Secondly,—The beer will come to a quicker fermentation in the tun; and, Thirdly,—It will also fine itself much sooner in the cask, than if brewed from well water. A Treatise on the Brewing of Beer 2011-03-19T02:00:12.343Z
Close to a reversed tun in one corner, stood a dice-box,--in fact, if it had not been the abode of the parish-priest, it might have been that of an imperial gamekeeper. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z
Over the winepress sides the juice has run, And, heavily fermenting, cracked the tun. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z
I judge the tun of Potash I ordered fifteen years ago from Syracuse, paying $50 and transportation, was the cheapest fertilizer I ever bought. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z
We were now bound for Arrecifos Island, Hayston's central station, but had first to call at Pingelap and Strong's Island, where we were to land our cattle and ship a few tuns of oil. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z
There is a great difficulty often happens in making beer come to a fermentation in the tun; this, I verily believe, is principally owing to the hardness of the water it is brewed with. A Treatise on the Brewing of Beer 2011-03-19T02:00:12.343Z
In due order, the large tuns lay there in the arched vaults; and not one of them gave back a hollow sound, when struck. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z
A similar rebus is in the crypt on Cardinal Morton's monument—a mort or hawk perched on a tun or barrel. Canterbury 2011-02-17T03:00:20.527Z
How many tuns of earth ought a farmer to be obliged to turn over and over in order to obtain therefrom a hundred bushels of Corn? What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z
The cargo obtained was sixteen stout whales, which yielded a produce of 200 tuns of oil. Memorials of the Sea My Father: Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby 2011-02-07T03:00:26.033Z
The beer will also work much better in the tun and in less time become fit for use than if brewed as soon as it comes from the mill. A Treatise on the Brewing of Beer 2011-03-19T02:00:12.343Z
On the fresh, delicious butter in the wooden tun, he emptied a basket full of ashes. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z
Giant arms rotate in the mixture to break down the bubbles and stop the froth rising to the hatches, but some is still seeping out from a couple of the wash tuns. A working life: The master whisky distiller 2010-12-04T00:01:00Z
I am convinced that a field may be so manured as to give three tuns of Hay per acre, yet so destitute of Phosphorus that a sound, healthy animal cannot be grown therefrom. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z
In the last voyage of the series, that of 1814, thirty-four whales, yielding 249 tuns of oil, were taken; being, as to quantity, the best of all my Father’s adventures. Memorials of the Sea My Father: Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby 2011-02-07T03:00:26.033Z
Attention should be paid to the beer when in the tun. A Treatise on the Brewing of Beer 2011-03-19T02:00:12.343Z
"The fool must keep something," they said, putting back the smallest tun unopened. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z
Next mornin', do', she done sort o' tunned some, an' ain' so sweet. Unc' Edinburg A Plantation Echo
Other things being equal, no one will doubt that, if he can make the Corn from one hundred tuns of soil, it were better to do so than to employ five hundred or five thousand. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z
The yearly average, inclusive of the year of unavoidable failure, was no less than 18�8 whales, producing 162�4 tuns of oil, besides the fair proportion of whalebone, sealskins, etc. Memorials of the Sea My Father: Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby 2011-02-07T03:00:26.033Z
Whilst you put your malt into the tun, let a person stir it to prevent its clotting, then well mash it, and let the mash stand two hours at least. A Treatise on the Brewing of Beer 2011-03-19T02:00:12.343Z
Let them put a tun of cool beer in the courtyard. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z
"An' Marse George he ain' answer; he jes look at her study for a minute, an' den he forehead got smooth, an' he tun he eyes to me, an' say, 'Edinburg, I'm 'cross.'" Unc' Edinburg A Plantation Echo
I can put the little bottle of violet perfume on this painted plate--two frail mementoes of a life and memories quite out of place in our tun. The Children of the World
With respect to the Hull average for the same period, the Dundee’s superiority was in the ratio of 162�4 to 77�5 tuns of oil, or more than two to one. Memorials of the Sea My Father: Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby 2011-02-07T03:00:26.033Z
From the before mentioned improvements you will always finish your brewing before a late hour at night, which will enable you to pay the more attention to the worts in the tuns, &c. A Treatise on the Brewing of Beer 2011-03-19T02:00:12.343Z
The man of Ellwangen without much ado, now cut off the seals on one of the tuns, tapped it and filled his helmet. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z
It was a tun on wheels, and it had been used by an overtaxed and indignant democrat for the purpose of having no fixed locality, and so to avoid assessment. Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands
"No," he answered with an expression of quiet joy, as he thought of Balder, their boyhood, and all their struggling life in the bare tun. The Children of the World
The gross receipts of that year, on account of a cargo of 190 tuns of oil, and about ten tons of whalebone, amounted to the extraordinary sum of about 11,000l.! Memorials of the Sea My Father: Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby 2011-02-07T03:00:26.033Z
Small beer, not having a sufficient strength, cannot support a long fermentation in the tun: for if it is worked cold, and left too long in the tun, it will drink flat and unpleasant. A Treatise on the Brewing of Beer 2011-03-19T02:00:12.343Z
The measure of a ton in those early days was probably the cubic space occupied by a tun of wine of 252 gallons in the hold of a ship. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships
There were great tuns of wine from Madeira on the pier or in the cellars. The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington
Ladies who would not prefer a tun and his heart to a fairy castle? The Children of the World
Whilst my Father’s successes yielded, within the period referred to 2728 tuns of oil, Captain Marshall’s, though deprived of the chance of one year’s adventure in which he remained on shore, amounted to 2691 tuns. Memorials of the Sea My Father: Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby 2011-02-07T03:00:26.033Z
Not only is the wine stored here, but it is blended and assorted in great tuns, and there is also storage for alcohol, liquors of all kinds, and oil. Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2
The beer that is used at noblemen’s tables in their fixed and standing houses is commonly a year old, or peradventure of two years’ tunning or more; but this is not general. Elizabethan England From 'A Description of England,' by William Harrison
How they pull, and there's a stiff sea tunning too. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands
Do you know what I told the brothers in the tun, when I first saw you and received that well merited dismissal you gave? The Children of the World
Except at some of the palaces in Germany I have never seen such gigantic tuns as those in the cellars at Vatopede. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant
Tarred jars for fermentation should be replaced by wooden vats, or, in the warmer parts of the Island, by tuns similar to those used throughout the South of France and in Algeria. Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products
His rebus is a fire beacon lighted, a tun holding the fire. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
Then her eyes fell on one of the huge tuns which, according to Roman camp regulations, always stood filled with water beside each gate. A Captive of the Roman Eagles
Exactly one hour after the first music of the pump, Reginchen appeared in the "tun" with the well-beaten clothes and the breakfast. The Children of the World
The word tun, however, not only signifies stone, but also sound and noise. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations
“There is the devil haunts thee, in the likeness of a fat old man; a tun of man is thy companion.” Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion
I have seen the tomb, shaped like a great tun, in the Church of Santa Reparata at Florence. Devil Stories An Anthology
There is a devil haunts thee, in the likeness of a fat old man; a tun of man is thy companion. Old and New London Volume I
When Marquard paid his usual visit to the "tun" the following morning, he found everything in the household exactly the same as usual. The Children of the World
What I liked, was to sit drinking Up in the Elector's Castle, By our age's greatest marvel Which the German mind has wrought out, By the tun of Heidelberg. The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine.
Thousands of tons of debris avalanched into the chasm below. tunned, deafened, they looked around. Astounding Stories, July, 1931
He carries his own larder about with him, and he is himself “a tun of man.” Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature
The Company also possess a silver-gilt wagon and tun, covered with arabesques and enamels, of sixteenth century work. Old and New London Volume I
Edwin had had ample opportunity, while teaching the young members of noble families, to compare the furnishing of the "tun" with the luxurious arrangements of city houses. The Children of the World
But when sipping his reward then From the big tun's mouth with kisses, Forth he launched in flights of fancy. The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine.
Neptune then performed the office of barber himself, taking a long piece of iron which had once served as the hoop of a tun, he scraped their chins in the most unmerciful manner. Hair Breadth Escapes Perilous incidents in the lives of sailors and travelers in Japan, Cuba, East Indies, etc., etc.
In my fevered vision the vessel grew into a monster goblet, and soon after it assumed the shape of a huge glass tun. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848
One may hopefully attempt the filling up of a tun, however vast its contents; but there can be no hope whatever in attempting the filling of a sieve. Leading Articles on Various Subjects
In reality, his feelings rebelled against being so luxuriously entertained in the fairy castle, after having merely been a spectator at the scanty meal in the "tun." The Children of the World
A bullock was roasted whole; a butt of wine and several tuns of beer and cider were given to the populace. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges
Then tun the wine, and to every three gallons put a pint of brandy. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
The liquor is now fit for tunning: fill the barrels full, and let the yeast work out, adding fresh liquor to fill them up till they have done working. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families
Not follow," he answered; "the oxen move but slowly, and must first drag the tun to the wine-cellar at the farm-house. Rafael in Italy A Geographical Reader
Well, a sedentary life has its attractions, and the air in the 'tun' does not seem to be quite so dry as formerly. The Children of the World
They entertained Elizabeth at Sutton; she would have a child's memory of the founder of the house, and doubtless praised the rebus in the terra cotta moulding, the "R.W.," the grapes and the tun. Highways and Byways in Surrey
An empty tun, to carry the said images to Gloucester, 21 shillings... In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers
They were worked in the same manner, and tunned and kept in the same cellar; a proof that the water only could be the cause of the difference. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families
A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ, But sure thou art but a kilderkin of wit. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845
He heard the clock strike four and then five; the sunlight faded, and he suddenly felt an eager desire to get out of the desolation of his "tun" into the open air. The Children of the World
In these times Ambialet grew its own wine, and by the tun. Merry-Garden and Other Stories
Not that I care a fig for gaudy show, dear boy— But juveniles must look well, don't you know, dear boy; And shall I lordly hall and tuns of claret own? McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.
When the wort has done working, the second or third day, the yeast will sink rather than rise in the middle: remove it then, and tun the ale as it works out. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families
It may perhaps give some faint idea to say that a whole tun of Hungarian wine was emptied during the repast: it was called 'Miss Barbara's wine.' Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
"I believe all is going on well at the tun," said Mohr. The Children of the World
He therefore sends you, meeter for your spirit, This tun of treasure; and, in lieu of this, Desires you, let the dukedoms that you claim, Hear no more of you—This the Dauphin speaks. A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum
Then before her sixteen oxen-bodies,    And eighteen swine disappear; And before her thirst she could assuage,    She drank seven tuns of beer. Grimmer and Kamper The End of Sivard Snarenswayne and other ballads
It is then collected into the tun tub, and fermented with about a quart of yeast, which converts it into beer. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families
Each of us has her tun of wine, and our butler tells me that when mine has remained two years longer in the cellar it will be perfect. Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
"No, no," she answered, now for the first time glancing around the dimly lighted room, with an involuntary sigh which betrayed to Edwin how poor and uninviting the famous "tun" appeared to her. The Children of the World
And that trick he did thrice, standing on the tun as it came and went. The Book of Romance
A frequent mistake arises from the misapprehension of the Celtic dun, hill, which enters in the composition of many local names, and was changed by the Saxons into town or tun. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities
The beer is then to be tunned into well-seasoned casks, sweet and sound, or all the expense and labour will be lost. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families
And so he came down into the wide cellars, and trod tiptoe among the big round tuns. The Dragon of Wantley His Tale
But as he intended to stay in the tun for the day and night, he hoped at any rate to hear when she returned. The Children of the World
But the strangers only scoffed, and they told him they could do a much better trick than that, and one of them jumped on the tun. The Book of Romance
He had a tun of wine annually for life. Shakespeare's Family
Stir all well together, and let it work for three or four days; then strain and tun it into a cask. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families
Sir Godfrey is just this day returned from France with some famous tuns of wine, and presents for Elaine and Mrs. Mistletoe. The Dragon of Wantley His Tale
Up in the "tun" Balder moved in his restless sleep, and asked if he had screamed so himself. The Children of the World
The wines mellow best in large vessels; hence the celebrated Heidelberg tun, thirty-one feet long by twenty-one high, and holding one hundred and fifty fudders, or six hundred hogsheads. The Automobilist Abroad
An old term for a pipe, or half a tun of wine. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc.
To every gallon put four pounds of good Lisbon sugar, tun it immediately, lay the bung lightly on, and leave it to ferment itself. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families
Once again the question of whether a simple number-round of thirteen terms, or a full round of twenty terms, whether tuns or katuns, was originally displayed on the Codex, must be left undetermined. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs
Day had scarcely dawned, when the door of the tun was softly opened and Heinrich Mohr's herculean figure appeared on the threshold; he took leave of Edwin with a silent pressure of the hand. The Children of the World
At Heidelberg, the great tun used to be filled with the wine of that neighbourhood, boasted to be a hundred and twenty years old, but it gave the wine no advantage over other Neckar growths. The Automobilist Abroad
It was also the name of a barrel, or large vessel for liquids; hence, among other choice epithets, Prince Henry calls that "tun of man," Falstaff, a "huge bombard of sack." The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc.
Before tunning, all the wort should be put together, and thoroughly mixed. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families
To get this date the longest possible distance from Ahpula’s death to the end of the katun must be used—that is, “6 tuns short” must be taken to mean “almost 7 tuns short.” Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs
When he returned to the tun, he endeavored to assume a cheerful expression, and even laughed heartily, as if Marquard had told him some comical story. The Children of the World
They use his microscope and gaze On strange bacterial risks; They tuns their daily hymns of praise To gramophonic discs. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 29, 1914
A tun of wine or oil contains 4 hogsheads. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc.
Skim it well, and tun it when cool, but the cask must not be quite full. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families
The 29 betimes in the morning we departed from that road toward a great Biskaine some 7 leagues off of 300 tun, whose men dealt most doggedly with the Chancewels company. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II.
It was strange that neither of the friends ventured to let Edwin see their first sorrow, that both paid the common toll of human weakness before making their daily visit to the tun. The Children of the World
Fresh water, made by boiling the salt water of the Caspian and condensing the steam, was carried in vats or tuns over the road to the working parties. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality
A measure of wine containing two hogsheads, or 125 gallons, equal to half a tun. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc.
On four hundred-weight of Malagas pour a hogshead of spring water, stir it well every day for a fortnight, then squeeze the raisins in a horse-hair bag in a press, and tun the liquor. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families
Yesterday I left five tuns of wine in the cellar; we will drain them dry before you go. Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race
He's not made his appearance in the tun for a week. The Children of the World
Before us, three or four miles across, lay the little port of Wifsta-warf, where several vessels—among them a ship of three or four hundred tuns—were frozen in for the winter. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland
Being a measure, a tun may be made of any shape, so that the capacity is neither increased or diminished. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892
Stir it every day, put into the cask six pounds of the best raisins stoned, and tun the wine. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families
And Rabalau says that they have over a hundred tuns of oil, and can't make any more as they have nothing to put it in. The Call Of The South 1908
Even after nursing was no longer necessary, Franzelius still continued to sleep in the tun. The Children of the World
This threat he made in the presence and hearing of the king himself, who was deeply grateful, and at once said he would make him a present of two tuns of oil. Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899
J. B. McF.—A tun is a certain measure for liquids, as for wine, and its capacity equals two pipes, or four hogsheads, or 252 gallons. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892
"What tun of an author is that?" said the priest. Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote
The students wandered through the halls and subterranean vaults till they came to the famous tun, which is thirty-six feet long, and twenty-four feet high, having a capacity of eight hundred hogsheads. Down the Rhine Young America in Germany
If the matter now became serious, why should he not be man enough to work himself out of the "tun" and provide more spacious quarters for three persons? The Children of the World
There's granite flints That's quite imminse, There's sacks of coals and fuels, There's swords and guns, And soap in tuns, And gingerbread and jewels. The Book of Humorous Verse
Do you pronounce 'ten' as if it were written 'tun', or 'men' as if written 'mun'? The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1
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! Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers
Help yourself to a partner, and see some tun. The Scalp Hunters
"Whether my pupil, in spite of her studies of hedges and lagunes, has sufficiently elevated thoughts to develop a taste for our 'tun' philosophy, I greatly doubt." The Children of the World
A cask, or tun, to represent the final syllable “ton” of many surnames, is frequently found. The Handbook to English Heraldry
What tempest, I trow, threw this whale, with so many tuns of oil in his belly, ashore at Windsor? The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.]
These pumping engines were made on such a grand scale that they lifted over sixty tuns of water at every stroke. Rollo in Holland
Mr Rogers says that the name comes from the British Collh y tun, and has the pretty meaning of 'the town where the hazels grow.' Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts
We've not had the pleasure of seeing you in the 'tun,' for a long time. The Children of the World
An' when a good day's work's a-done An' I do rest, the while a squall Do rumble in the hollow tun, An' ivy-stems do whip the wall. Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect
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. Society Its Origin and Development
He tun in, and bring his guns to bear on de shore, and under deir cover de soldiers and de bluejackets landed. Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors
Nature had not intended him for a topman, for though wonderfully muscular, his figure was like a tun. Ben Burton Born and Bred at Sea
The fact that we do not understand each other--unpleasant as it often is to be the butt of your frivolous jests--could not induce me to remain away from the 'tun' entirely. The Children of the World
Suppose you brew early on Thursday morning, you may tun it at 9 or 10 on Saturday morning. 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
The gate that leads to the deanery is likewise of his workmanship, and bears his signature in hieroglyphics, viz:—a Kirk, and a tun under it. A Guide to Peterborough Cathedral Comprising a brief history of the monastery from its foundation to the present time, with a descriptive account of its architectural peculiarities and recent improvements; compiled from the works of Gunton, Britton, and original & authentic documents
You descend a broad flight of steps, flanked by ornamental iron balustrades, and encounter half-way down a miniature tun, guarded by the Bavarian lions posted in a niche in the wall. Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines
Pitching, cleansing, and filling, to be conducted as already recommended in preceding processes, with the tun close covered during the fermentation. The American Practical Brewer and Tanner
He had intended to go up to the tun, an uncontrollable longing drew him toward the old room. The Children of the World
The King's Bath is a basin sixty-six feet by forty-one, and will contain three hundred and forty-six tuns. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland
By some it is supposed to be a compound of ac, tortoise, and tun, stone, a cave resembling a hollow tortoise shell. The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1
This handsome cask, in which the firm make their cuvée, is a worthy rival of the sole antique ornamental tun that still reposes in the Royal cellars at Wurzburg. Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines
In brewing small quantities of strong beer, this contrivance supersedes the necessity of fermenting tuns, or troughs, no small saving of expense, whilst it makes the beer more spiritous and preserving. The American Practical Brewer and Tanner
What did I know of the genius homo sapiens, when I lived in our tun and only allowed a few chosen specimens to approach me? The Children of the World
If you knew the butts of wine, the Heidelberg tuns of ale, that I have drank during the last fortnight, you would stare indeed. The Young Duke
Those who descended through the glass door sank quite gently into a wide silver tun or barrel, which held them all, and could easily have harboured a thousand such little people. The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories Selected and Rendered Anew
Of the ancient ornamental tuns holding their ten thousand gallons each, which the Würzburg cellars formerly contained, only a single one remains, constructed in the year 1784. Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines
Twelve hours after another gallon of pure yest is to be added, and the tun well roused, then covered; the attenuation suffered to proceed to eighty degrees, but not higher. The American Practical Brewer and Tanner
At the time we have made the brothers' acquaintance, they had lived together in the shoemaker's back building, the so-called "tun," about five years. The Children of the World
There are also pipes for admitting "liquor" to the bottom of the tun, and for carrying the wort from the latter to the "underback" or "copper." Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"
Chester is of Roman origin, tun is of Gaelic; but "ham" is Anglo-Saxon, and means village, whence the sweet word home. A Hero and Some Other Folks
Four tuns, each holding five ordinary pièces of wine, and raised upon large blocks of wood, are standing here, and communicating with them are bottling syphons of the type commonly employed in the Champagne. Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines
Give of good solid yest four gallons, two gallons at first, and two gallons more in twelve hours after, rouse your tun each time. The American Practical Brewer and Tanner
And are now quite as large as a tun; Yet you turned a back som-er-set in at the door— Pray, tell me now, how was that done?' Alice in Wonderland Retold in Words of One Syllable
From the latter the wort passes directly to the fermenting tuns, huge closed cylindrical vessels made of sheet-steel and coated with glass enamel. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"
"He were better bestowed on a tun of wine," the youth retorted, without looking up. The Long Night
The tirage or bottling is effected by means of two large tuns placed side by side, and holding twelve hogsheads of wine each. Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines
Pitch your tun at 70 degrees, giving one gallon of solid yest; cleanse within twenty-four hours. The American Practical Brewer and Tanner
The Corporation presented to Fairfax a butt of sack and a tun of French wine in gratitude for the good offices he had rendered them. The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See
For example, the English family Bolton was known in heraldry by a tun transfixed by a bolt. The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America
Her sister, after the commencement of the war with France, had, from her own authority, imposed four marks on each tun of wine imported, and had increased the poundage a third on all commodities. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I.
Pipes from these tuns communicate with a couple of small reservoirs, each of them provided with half-a-dozen self-acting syphon taps, by means of which a like number of bottles are simultaneously filled. Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines
This ale should be boiled hard for one hour and a half; pitch your tun at 62, raise your fermenting heat to 80, which will generally rise in the course of 70 hours. The American Practical Brewer and Tanner
The shipment of ore to other States goes on constantly, the last year's account showing that 246,555 tuns were dispersed over Indiana, Ohio, and others. Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.
This is the term usually given not to the Great Cycle but to the period composed of twenty tuns and is probably derived from kal meaning twenty and tun, a stone. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices
It is true," said Spinello, "I have seen the tomb, shaped like a great tun, in the Church of Santa Reparata at Florence. The Well of Saint Clare
The grapes on their arrival at the press-house are generally pressed immediately and the must is run off into tuns to ferment. Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines
He must begin with more accuracy at the mash tun than the malt distiller, as it is there he must not only regulate the strength, but, partially, the flavour and transparency of his malt wine. The American Practical Brewer and Tanner
The quality of the iron is highly spoken of by the manufacturers, and the capacity of the smelting appliances has reached to over 150,000 tuns per annum. Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.
John complains that the Bishop of Salona has taken 60 tuns of oil from him, iii. The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator
The juice would meanwhile have been placed to ferment in the tuns, twelve and thirteen feet deep, which lay in the adjoining cellar. A Little Swiss Sojourn
To return from digressing: I am told one scheme for raising a fund to pay the interest of our national debt, is, by a further duty of forty shillings a tun upon wine. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish
I would recommend making the mash tun shallow, so that the diameter shall be three times as long as the staff of the sides, above the false bottom. The American Practical Brewer and Tanner
Jute, a material largely used in combination with hemp, for making cordage, sacking, mats, and carpets, is produced in India to the extent of 300,000 tuns per annum. Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.
Now Ingialld tuns for the wood, and they could not get at him. The story of Burnt Njal From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga
Here, again, no one was visible; there were rows of tuns, certainly, and a musty odor in the place, but no sign of any trade or business being carried on. Sunrise
Harling abode by Harling, and Billing by Billing; and each "wick" or "ham" or "stead" or "tun" took its name from the kinsmen who dwelled together in it. History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216
To the mash tun there should be a cover, in two or more pieces, according to size. The American Practical Brewer and Tanner
These latter works also ship about 40,000 tuns red hematite ore yearly. Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.
Then on he went over the moist floor until there rose before them in the candlelight, darker than the gloom about it, a gigantic tun. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine
When it is clear scummed, take it off, and let it cool; then work it with Ale-yest; tun it up, and hang it in a bag, with Ginger, Cinamom, Cloves and Cardamom. The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened
I looked and beheld two tuns of boiling waters. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2
When the 'Thistle' arrived at Portland Bay every other party had got nearly one hundred tuns of oil each, and Mills' party had none. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned
Who first prepared the ice-pure bricks of tun: the gathered-hoariness of mountains that have died for age; blanched dust of the rocky bones and the stony flesh of sun-seeking Giants that have ceased to be? Some Chinese Ghosts
He shouted with mad delight at the sight, he clapped his hands and smacked his lips in anticipation, he declared the tuns glittered like pure gold. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine
Then boil it again, and scum it clean; then let it stand, until it be cold; then put a pint of Ale-barm into it, and ripen it as you do Beer, and tun it. The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened
A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ, But sure thou'rt but a kilderkin of wit. English Satires
He started out next morning, choosing the boat which had picked up McCann at Western Port, and killed one whale, which turned out six tuns of oil. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned
In 3 days we filled about twenty-six tun of water, and then had on board about 30 tun in all. A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland
He called the vaults his realm, the tuns his dearly loved subjects—for, as the peasant gazed, he saw a long procession of tuns stretching away into the darkness. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine
If you should let it stay before you tun it up, till the working were too much deaded, the wine would prove dead. The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened
One storehouse in the San Gabriel Valley is as large as the City Hall of New York, and contains wooden receptacles for wine rivaling in size the great tun of Heidelberg. John L. Stoddard's Lectures, Vol. 10 (of 10) Southern California; Grand Canon of the Colorado River; Yellowstone National Park
In four months from the time the 'Thistle' left Launceston she had on board two hundred and forty tuns of oil. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned
Tunnage means the content of a ship, or the burden that it will carry, which is ascertained by measurement, 42 cubic feet being allowed to a tun. The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens.
In the Harleian MSS. annuities are mentioned as being granted to him, with divers lordships, and a tun of wine yearly. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1
When it is tunned up, hang in it a bag containing five handfuls of Clove-gilly-flowers, and sufficient quantity of the spices above. The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened
The prices of Ceylon oil have ranged from £31 to £33 10s. per tun; of Cochin oil, £34 to £35, within the last two years. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.
Those who descended through the glass point sank quite gently into a wide silver tun, which held them all, and could have easily harboured a thousand such little people. Folk-Lore and Legends; Scandinavian
This act imposed a duty of fifty cents a tun on foreign vessels, and upon our own a duty of only six cents a tun. The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens.
On the other side of the river the Stratum, or part of it, appears very plain, being composed of large blue pebble, some of a tun weight; and directs us to a village called Aimanderby. The Evolution of an English Town
To eight Gallons of this put one Gallon of honey; when it is well dissolved and clarified, tun up the Liquor, making it work in due manner with barm. The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened
Eighty to 90 tuns of the expressed oil are now annually imported. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.
Several tuns of this kind went up and down after each other, until all were in. Folk-Lore and Legends; Scandinavian
It must be cold before you tun it up. A Queens Delight The Art of Preserving, Conserving and Candying. As also, A right Knowledge of making Perfumes, and Distilling the most Excellent Waters.
Having succeeded in stopping the flight of a considerable number of the Araucanians, Lautaro grasped a lance which he tunned against his late master, crying out, "Follow me my countrymen to certain victory." A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
Then boil and scum it; let it then cool and tun it up, &c. The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened
Three enormous tuns stood in the chamber, and we halted by the base of the farthest, where, with a spilt pail beside him, lay a British sergeant of the 36th Regiment tranquilly snoring! The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales
If I had tuns of mercy thou deserv'st none, What new trick is now afoot, and what new houses Have you i'th' air, what orchards in apparition, What canst thou say for thy life? Rule a Wife, and Have a Wife Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10)
They sent men to get the tun, and when it came Diarmuid took it between his two hands and drank a drink out of it, and the others drank what was left of it. Gods and Fighting Men
On the 29th, we completed our ballast, which the strength of the tide, and the constant gales of wind, rendered a very difficult and laborious task; we also got on board another tun of water. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
Then tun it in a vessel; and draw it into bottles, after it is sufficiently settled. The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened
On one occasion, we are told, he pierced three holes in a shoemaker's nose with his own awl, and caused a tun of brandy to flow from it for the refreshment of the crowd. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 88, April, 1875
In Munich this was, and perhaps still is, carried by brew masters on their tasting tours "to bring out the excellence of a freshly broached tun." The Complete Book of Cheese
And then he brought the tun up the hill again, and he himself on it coming and going, and he did that trick three times before the strangers. Gods and Fighting Men
Do you see those round, pot-bellied towers, like tuns of wine stood upon end?" he said—"those donjons at the corners, tapering at the top, and presenting the very image of noble bottles? Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 30, September, 1873
Then tun it up into your vessel, let it work for three days; after which hang a bag in the barrel with what quantity of Mace and sliced Nutmeg you please. The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened
Nay, listen: Last year's vintage crowds our cellars, tun on tun: With wealth of wine for yours and mine, dare the work go undone? Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876
His great tun of a person was indispensable to the housing of his bullock-heart; under which, any lean wight would have sunk. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I
"If you have a mind to bring out a tun of wine," said Diarmuid, "I will do a trick for you." Gods and Fighting Men
The beer that is used at noblemen's tables in their fixed and standing houses is commonly a year old, or peradventure of two years' tunning or more; but this is not general. Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series)
The rebus of each of these abbots can be seen in its decorations: an ash growing out of a tun or barrel, and a church or kirk with a tun. The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See
Mention of Bourdeaux occurs about the same time, as having sent out, in one year, 1350 vessels, laden with 13,429 tuns of wine; this gives nearly 100 tuns in each vessel on an average. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson
One of the times they captured the castle, they tried to break open the tun. Bertha Our Little German Cousin
The table where they sat, near the tun, is still shewn. A tour through some parts of France, Switzerland, Savoy, Germany and Belgium
On these occasions the sound produced resembled the hollow booming of an empty tun when struck with a wooden mallet or a muffled sledge. Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon
On the north wall, in six several squares, are the letters of the name Ashton interwoven with scrolls; the letters AR before a church, and a bird on a tun occur more than once. The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See
So he laid down his tools, stripped himself to his vest, sent for a light and a rasp, and was in the tun, and scraping away, in a trice. The Decameron, Volume II
We Germans are accustomed to govern more benevolently, sometimes more awkwardly—but in the long tun really more benevolently and humanely, than the French statesmen. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle
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. The Historic Thames
His arm disappeared; there was no greater fold on the deep sea than there would have been on a tun of oil. The Man Who Laughs
We then went into the cellar to see the celebrated tun. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 5 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1
Whereupon the lover jumps out, and causes the husband to scour the tun for him, and afterwards to carry it to his house. The Decameron, Volume II
And shall I lordly hall and tuns of claret own? The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections
The tun touched the ground, or rather the snow—the dirty trodden, eternal snow, down to which no sunbeam reaches, which no summer warmth from above ever melts. Pictures of Sweden
Of wine of various vintages there were upwards of 12 pipes, and of ale and beer, thirty tuns, including four of London and six of Kentish ale. Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine
Add three tablespoonfuls of lemon juice and four tablespoonfuls of sugar; beat well together and tun into molds. Science in the Kitchen.
Whereupon the lover jumps out, and causes the husband to scour the tun for him, and afterwards to carry it to his house. The Decameron, Volume II
The second ship called the Amsterdam, was of the burden of four hundreth and sixty tuns. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III
He sat with closed eyes, but giddiness breathed on his head, and on his breast; his inwardly-turned eye measured the giddy depth through the tun: "It is appalling," said he. Pictures of Sweden
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. The Winning of the West, Volume 1 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776
Butler, the keeper of a tavern, told me there was a tun of red port drank at his wife's burial, besides mull'd white wine. The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield
Whereupon Giannello, looking into the tun, said that 'twas in good trim, and that he was well content, and paid the husband the seven gigliats, and caused him carry the tun to his house. The Decameron, Volume II
But to suppose, as some do, that the protraction of u in tun would identify it with the o in tone, surpasses any notion I have of what stupidity may misconceive. The Grammar of English Grammars
It is a flaming bowl, raised high on the jolly tun, and it is wreathed with roses. Pictures of Sweden
This noble river affords a safe navigation for vessels of a thousand tuns burden up to the wharfs of the city. Travels in the United States of America Commencing in the Year 1793, and Ending in 1797. With the Author's Journals of his Two Voyages Across the Atlantic.
Never was such a tun of devotion seen.—Dryden, Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook
He took that dame, his own child, who was so dainty and so fair, and thrust her in the tun, whether she would or whether she would not. French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France
He then proceeds to state his opinion that the vowel sounds heard in the following words are thus correspondent: tame, them; car, carry; wall, want; dawn, gone; theme, him; tone, nearly tun; pool, pull. The Grammar of English Grammars
When he sang his notes were as the tones emitted from a sort of human tun. A Tale of One City: the New Birmingham Papers Reprinted from the "Midland Counties Herald"
Spiritual affairs—for it was respecting the importation of a tun of wine into the island monastery—demanded the presence of one of the brotherhood of Innisfallen at the abbey of Trelagh, now called Muckruss. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 270, August 25, 1827
Afterwards the enclosed space came to be known sometimes as the mark, sometimes as the tun or town. Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins
Heaven be praised, my master has just ordered in three tuns. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire
Neither did they at all scruple, while I was by, to discharge what they had drank, to the quantity of at least two hogsheads, in a vessel that held above three tuns Gulliver's Travels
We had a charming time poking about the ruins, the vaults where the monster tun is, and the beautiful gardens made by the elector long ago for his English wife. Little Women
But surely this is Innisfallen island, and I am the Father Cuddy who yesterday morning went over to the abbey of Irelagh respecting the tun of wine. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 270, August 25, 1827
Think of towns whose names contain these words; also of towns whose names contain the word tun or ton or town. Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins
Mortals, I am dreaming: that the tun of Heidelberg has an attack of apoplexy, and that I am one of the dozen leeches which will be applied to it. Les Misérables
Here the conversation was tunned to the Lithuanian expedition against the Tartars. The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy
B. Seas of blood and yet but brooks, tuns of blood and yet but basons, compared with the sacrifices, the sacrifices of the blood of men, in the persecutions of the primitive Church. The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The torpedo vessel is the Nina, a very strong iron boat of three hundred and fifty tuns burden, capable of crossing the ocean, and having a speed of seventeen knots an hour. Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.
Here is Thrale has a thousand tun of copper; you may paint it all round if you will, I suppose; it will serve him to brew in afterwards. Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765
Saw the famous well, in which the spring supplies a hundred tuns a minute. The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 1
His printer's mark was a graft, or young tree, growing out of a tun. Books Fatal to Their Authors
The physeter, coming between the ships and the galleons, threw water by whole tuns upon them, as if it had been the cataracts of the Nile in Ethiopia. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4
The saw blades had usually a tensile strain of upwards of one tun per inch of breadth of blade. Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.
You may read it in great letters in the colouring of their red snouts, and gulching bellies as big as a tun, unless it be when they perfume themselves with sulphur. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 2
Here is a huge "tun of man," by the name of Gordon, use to delight Goldsmith by singing the jovial song of Nottingham Ale, and looking like a butt of it. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography
In the diocese of London alone, a tun full of gold and silver was gathered, and by Lent the total amounted to what at that time was the fabulous sum of 2,500,000 francs. A March on London
Around the village before mentioned was the tun, and beyond were the fields and meadows and woodlands, the whole forming the tun scipe or township. Studies in Civics
The engine had four coupled wheels and a bogie, the total weight in working trim being 29½ tuns, of which 17-7/8 tuns rested on the coupled wheels available for adhesion. Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.
And he said: an hundred tuns of oil, and he said to him: take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. The first New Testament printed in English
Where I beheld hot Mars and Mercury, With rackets made of spheres and balls of stars, Playing at tennis for a tun of Nectar. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9
I pray thee, may I ask without offence, How many tuns of wine hast in thy paunch? A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8
The spring called Winifred's Well is very clear, and so copious, that it yields one hundred tuns of water in a minute. Life of Johnson, Volume 5 Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774)
The average weight of each wagon was 5 tuns 8 cwt. Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.
Allow it to cool; then mix it with the sweet-wort and tun. The Book of Household Management
He received $777.60 for it, as well as his living while he was at work upon it, and a tun of wine. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People
On one side of the car stood five large oak tanks, looking like the famous beer tuns of Germany. The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure
A tun of my best beer to the man who takes him! Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania — Volume 1
Upon about one hundred miles of the line, forming a portion of the Susquehanna division, a train of one hundred wagons, weighing, with engine and tender, 1,572 tuns was taken. Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.
Those who do not brew, may procure the sweet-wort and tun from any brewer. The Book of Household Management
There were five hundred eggs, larger in girth than a tun of Chian. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02
In 1383 he was appointed one of the collectors of the subsidy of 2s. from each tun of wine and 6d. in the pound from the merchandise in the port of London. Chaucer's Official Life
Staves for barrels, tobacco, and salt fish were the exports, and in return came Eastern goods brought to these islands, and huge tuns of Madeira wine. Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker
In the manufacture it is subjected to a pressure of hundreds of tuns, which squeezes out the liquid matter, leaving a substance of the right thickness. Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.
Sweet-wort is the liquor that leaves the mash of malt before it is boiled with the hops; tun is the new beer after the whole of the brewing operation has been completed. The Book of Household Management
They began a string of questions all together: but at last a little tun bellied sergeant call'd "Silence!" and asked the girl, "did she loan the fellow a horse?" The Splendid Spur
So the mariners drew thither where was the tun, and did so much, what by wile, what by force, that they gat the tun on to their ship.  Old French Romances
I have no mind to poison the food of his enemies, either, so when they went away I hid in the great tun. Masters of the Guild
A tun laid upon the head of a wedge would produce the same effect as though it were applied through toggles. Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.
Many years ago a tun there burst, and a serving man was drowned in the wine. The Cardinal's Snuff-Box
A riddle or pun on a man's name, expressed in sculpture or painting, thus: a bolt or arrow, and a tun, for Bolton; death's head, and a ton, for Morton. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Then the Count let array a strong craft and a trim, and did do the Lady enter therein; and withal let lay therein a tun, all new, strong, and great, and thick.  Old French Romances
He carries his own larder about with him, and he is himself 'a tun of man'. Characters of Shakespeare's Plays
Whether we do not yearly consume of French wines about a thousand tuns more than either Sweden or Denmark, and yet whether those nations pay ready money as we do? Querist
"The hogshead will sooner get into him," replied a fifth; "it must be a tun or an ocean."—"No wonder then, if he should be overwhelmed," said a sixth. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
Was held every Monday evening,   at seven o'clock, at the Three tuns, near the Hospital   Gate, Newgate-street. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
"Thou art violently carried away from grace; there is a devil haunts thee in the likeness of a fat old man,—a tun of man is thy companion." Thelma
The grant of a tun of wine in October of the same year is the last favour known to have been extended to Chaucer by King Richard II. Chaucer
The last two secondary feet are transpositions of No. 4, Fá'i.lá.tun, namely: 9. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10
Some few grains of saffron will give a tincture to a tun of water; but so many grains of civet will give a perfume to a whole chamber of air. Valerius Terminus; of the interpretation of nature
There are two firkins of small beer and a tun of canary. Sir Nigel
It represented Bacchus enthroned on a tun of wine, presenting flowing cups to a dance of fauns and satyrs. The Golden Dog
There's granite flints That's quite imminse, There's sacks of coals and fuels, There's swords and guns, And soap in tuns, And Gingerbread and Jewels. Ballads
But they did not, and so the boats returned a little before sunset with a tun and a half of water; and the next day by noon brought aboard about six tuns of water. Early Australian Voyages: Pelsart, Tasman, Dampier
Here is Thrale has a thousand tun of copper; you may paint it all round if you will, I suppose; it will serve him to brew in afterwards.  Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson
Well ofter of the well than of the tun she drank: she drank water much more often than wine. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems
Shoots out other detachments on the Magazine Enterprise;—detaches Platen along the Warta, where are picked up various items, among others 'eighty tuns of brandy,'—but himself proceeds no farther than Posen. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 19
Lastly, he has baked the biggest Bannock on record; Cake with 5,000 eggs in it, and a tun of butter. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 07
But its situation seems well chosen for pleasure, if not for strength; it stands at the head of the lake, and, by a sloop of sixty tuns, is supplied from Inverness with great convenience. Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
The cellar was empty except for a large wooden tun or cask which reached almost to the ceiling, and a gunmetal hand pump. The Pit Prop Syndicate
All of another tun i.e. wine of another tun — a quite different matter. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems
For defense of the nation, especially the safeguard of the seas, Parliament allotted the King for life, 3s. for every tun of wine imported and an additional 3s. for every tun of sweet wine imported. Our Legal Heritage
Thou art violently carried away from grace: there is a devil haunts thee, in the likeness of an old fat man,—a tun of man is thy companion. King Henry IV, Part 1
Their agreement with the skipper was to yield us half the oil they made, and, if agreeable to them, we would take their moiety at L40 per tun. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales
Pipes led from the latter, one to the tun, the other along the passage under the wharf. The Pit Prop Syndicate
In 1398, fortune began again to smile upon him; he received a royal grant of a tun of wine annually, the value being about L4. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems
Twenty Gallons of Sleep Measure me out from the fathomless tun  That somewhere or other you keep In your vasty cellars, O wealthy one,  Twenty gallons of sleep. An Anthology of Australian Verse
The union on the copper tube could then be fixed to some receptacle on board, the brandy being pumped from the ship to the tun. The Pit Prop Syndicate
Their efforts realized twenty-four tuns of clear oil and spermaceti, of which, according to bargain, we took twelve, the captain buying the other twelve for L480, as previously arranged. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales
He pictured the kegs being pushed under the tap of the large tun in the pump-room and filled with brandy pumped in from the Girondin. The Pit Prop Syndicate
At Ferriby the pump conveyed from the wharf to the tun, here it was from the tun to the wharf. The Pit Prop Syndicate
The pipe from the garage came down through the ceiling and ran direct into the tun. The Pit Prop Syndicate
It contained a similar large tun with a pipe leading down the passage under the wharf, on which was a pump. The Pit Prop Syndicate
Such were the goodly proportions of this first Solander whale of ours that, in spite of the serious loss of the case, we made thirteen and a half tuns of oil. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales
There was a wooden spigot tap in the side of the tun at floor level, and the tramline ran beneath this so that the wheeled kegs could be pushed below it and filled. The Pit Prop Syndicate
After the advent of the SYREN, the Bonins became the favourite fishing-ground for both Americans and British, and for many years the catch of oil taken from these teeming waters averaged four thousand tuns annually. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales
By nightfall the next day the ship had resumed her normal appearance, and we were a tun and a quarter of oil to the good. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales
For a whole week our labours continued, and when they were over we had stowed below a hundred and forty-six barrels of mingled oil and spermaceti, or fourteen and a half tuns. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales
This first bowhead yielded us eighteen tuns of oil and a ton of baleen, which made the catch about equal in value to that of a seven-tun cachalot. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales
The cellar being empty save for the tun, the pump, and the small tramway and trucks, he turned, and flashing his light before him, walked slowly along the passage down which ran the pipe. The Pit Prop Syndicate
Nothing could be done to stop the waste, which, as it was a large whale, was not less than twenty barrels, or about two tuns of pure spermaceti. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales
We were a busy company for a fortnight thence, until the last of the oil was run below—two hundred and fifty barrels, or twenty-five tuns, of the valuable fluid having rewarded our exertions. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales
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