English English Dictionary

A weight of 2,240 pounds. See Ton.

An indefinite large quantity.

A drunkard; -- so called humorously, or in contempt.

Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; -- called also tun-shell.

To put into tuns, or casks.

Having a large, protuberant belly, or one shaped like a tun; pot-bellied.

A tunnel.

Having the circumference of a tun.

The Opuntia Tuna. See Prickly pear, under Prickly.

The tunny.

The bonito, 2.

Capable of being tuned, or made harmonious; hence, harmonious; musical; tuneful.

A rolling, marshy, mossy plain of Northern Siberia.

A sound; a note; a tone.

A rhythmical, melodious, symmetrical series of tones for one voice or instrument, or for any number of voices or instruments in unison, or two or more such series forming parts in harmony; a melody; an air; as, a merry tune; a mournful tune; a slow tune; a psalm tune. See Air.

The state of giving the proper, sound or sounds; just intonation; harmonious accordance; pitch of the voice or an instrument; adjustment of the parts of an instrument so as to harmonize with itself or with others; as, the piano, or the organ, is not in tune.

Order; harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or humor; right mood.

To put into a state adapted to produce the proper sounds; to harmonize, to cause to be in tune; to correct the tone of; as, to tune a piano or a violin.

To give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.

To sing with melody or harmony.