English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
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Ton
pl. of Toe.
Ton
(n.)
The common tunny, or house mackerel.
Ton
(n.)
The prevailing fashion or mode; vogue; as, things of ton.
Ton
(n.)
A measure of weight or quantity.
Ton
(n.)
The weight of twenty hundredweight.
Ton
(n.)
Forty cubic feet of space, being the unit of measurement of
the burden, or carrying capacity, of a vessel; as a vessel of 300 tons
burden.
Ton
(n.)
A certain weight or quantity of merchandise, with reference to
transportation as freight; as, six hundred weight of ship bread in
casks, seven hundred weight in bags, eight hundred weight in bulk; ten
bushels of potatoes; eight sacks, or ten barrels, of flour; forty cubic
feet of rough, or fifty cubic feet of hewn, timber, etc.