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1. tūn(e n.

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(a) A musical sound; an individual musical tone or note produced by the human voice, an animal or a bird, a musical instrument, etc.; (b) a rhythmical succession of musical sounds forming a melody, a……

2. tun-họ̄ve n.

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Ground ivy (Nepeta glechoma or Glechoma hederacea). …

3. cafer-tūn n.

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A vestibule or entrance hall. …

4. tǒnne-mẹ̄le n.

Additional spellings: tonnemele
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(a) A large tub, vat, or cask; (b) a strainer or colander. …

5. tǒun-cresse n.

Additional spellings: touncresse
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Garden cress (Lepidium sativum);—freq. used in medicinal or cooking recipes, sometimes pl.; toun-cresse(s sed. …

6. tap-wīn n.

Additional spellings: tapwin
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The first tun of bulk wine broached on a Lorraine trading vessel; also, the wine of the first tun, sold retail. …

7. tā̆m-wīn n.

Additional spellings: tamwin
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The first tun of bulk wine broached on a Lorraine wine ship. …

8. entunning ger.

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The putting (of a liquid, as beer) into a cask or tun. …

9. entunnen v.

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To store up (sth.) in a tun or similar vessel; hence, to monopolize (sth.). …

10. tonnāǧe n.

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A tax or duty levied on a tun of imported wine; tonnage and poundage, poundage and tonnage. …

11. ten num.

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Cardinal number as adj.: (a) ten; ten or (other) twelve, around a dozen; (b) tenfold; also, as adv.: ten times; ten double, ten times as much; ten so, ten times as (bright, much, etc.). …

12. tǒnne n.

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(a) A large barrel for wine, ale, or other liquid; a cask; also fig.; (b) fig. something to be partaken of; a source of vitality or enjoyment; (c) a wine cask of a definite capacity; a measure of……

13. tǒnne-tight n.

Additional spellings: tonnetight
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(a) A unit of weight equal to the amount contained in a full tun; (b) a unit of measure describing the carrying capacity of a ship. …

14. tǒun-man n.

Additional spellings: tounman
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(a) A villein or tenant farmer; (b) a town-dweller; (c) toun-man scot, a tax of some sort; (d) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem.2.198]. …

15. terciā̆n n.

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(a) = fever tercian, tercian fever [see tercian adj.; also see fever n. 3.(p)]; (b) a container for liquid holding one-third of a tun, or 84 gallons. …

16. tankard(e n.

Additional spellings: tankarde
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(a) A vessel, usually of wood hooped with iron; a tub, cask, tun; a jar; a drinking vessel; also in prov. expression [quot. c1475]; tankard of tre; (b) in surname. …

17. tonnel n.

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(a) A barrel for liquids or solids, cask, tun; tonnel hop; tonnel tre, ?a barrel stave; (b) a net for catching partridges or other birds; (c) ?a chimney shaft; (d) a strainer or colander. …

18. tǒnning ger.

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(a) In phrase: in-to tonning up, for the storing of mead during fermentation; (b) tonning dish, a colander or strainer; tonning mele, a funnel, strainer, or vat; tonning stol, ?a base or stand for a……

19. bī n.

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A dwelling; farm, village, town; bi-milne, town mill. [Common in place names and field names of the East Midland and the North (the Danelaw). See A. H. Smith PNElem. 1.66, & the thorp, by, tun map in……

20. tǒun n.

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(a) A populated area having some degree of local government and usu. fortifications or other means of local defense, a municipality, a town or city; also, a metropolis; (b) a small settlement, hamlet……

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