tuning pin

Music: A movable pin, around the upper end of which the string of a pianoforte, harp, ., is twisted, the other end of the string pa ing around a fixed pin. The instrument is tuned by turning the tuning-pins with a tuning-hammer or wrench. Tu-nis-i-an, a. & s. [See def.] A. As adj .: Of or pertaining to Tunis, a town and state in North Africa, or to its inhabitants. B. As subst .: A native or inhabitant of Tunis. tun-ker, s . [Ger. tunken=to dip.] Church Hist.: Another form of the word Dunker. [DUNKERS.] tun-nage (ag as Ig), s. [TONNAGE.] Tunnage and poundage : English Hist.: Duties on every tun of wine and pound of goods, either imported into or exported from England. They began about A. D. 1348, and were equivalent to the present customs. They were granted for life to several kings, beginning with Edward IV. It was one grave cause of the quarrel between Charles I. and his subjects that in 1628 he levied tunnage and poundage by his own arbitrary authority. They were abolished by 27 George III., c. 13, pa ed in 1787.