n. A cask; hence, a measure of capacity used for wine. See tun, 1.n. A measure of capacity: usedn. for timber. 40 feet of oak or ash timber, sometimes 48 or 50 feet of hewnn. for flour, 8 sacks or 10 barrelsn. for potatoes, 10 to 36 bushelsn. for wheat, 20 bushelsn. for earth or gravel, 1 cubie yard, sometimes 23 cubic feetn. for grindstones, 15 cubic feetn. for Portland stone, 16 cubic feetn. for salt, 42 bushelsn. for lime, 40 bushelsn. for coke, 28 bushelsn. for the carrying capacity of a ship, 40 cubic feet (this is what is called the actual tonnage: See tonnage).n. A measure of weight, equal to 20 hundred-weight or 2,240 pounds avoirdupois (the long ton), or in the United States to 2,000 pounds (the short ton).n. The prevailing mode; high fashion; style; air of fashion. See bon-ton.See tone.n. A Middle English plural of toe.n. A form of -town, being the word town used in place-names, as Ashton, Hampton, Wolverton, Merton.