Ton

tun, n. (Com.) The weight of 20 hundred gro , or 2,240 pounds: in the U. S. the ton is commonly estimated at 2,000 pounds, this being sometimes called the short ton; a certain weight or space (about 40 a cubic feet) by which the burden of a ship is estimated; a quantity of timber, consisting of 40 solid to feet, if round, or 54 feet, if square.— Ton'nage, Tun'nage, -nej, n. The weight of goods carried in a boat or; a ship; the cubical content or hurden of a ship in tons; by amount of weight which one or several ships may carry; a duty or impost on ships, estimated per ton, or a duty, toll, or rate payable on goods per ton, transported on canals; the whole amount of shipping estimated by tons.— Tun, n. A large cask; a certain measure for liquids, as for wine, consisting of 2 pipes or 4 hogsheads, or 252 gallons; a large quantity, — used proverbial y. — v. t. [tunned (tund), -ning.] To put into tuns or casks. — Tun'nel, n. A ve el with a broad mouth at one end, and a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor,etc, in to casks, bottles, or other ve els; tificial arch or a'flue pa age for the under pa age ground of smoke; or through an ara Inhill, etc., for a railroad, etc. (Mining.) A level pa age driven acro the measures, or at right angles to the veins which its object is to reach. — v. t. [tun conne led (-neld), -neling.] To form into a tunnel, or like a tunnel; to catch in a tunnel net; to cut a tunnel through (a hill, etc.) or under (a river, etc.).