- A large amount (coll) - Large amount of money (coll) - Large quantity - Tramp’s belongings - A small carangoid fish (Trachurus saurus) abundant on the
European coast, and less common on the American. The name is applied
also to several allied species. - The goggler; -- called also big-eyed scad. See Goggler. - The friar skate.
- Large cask - Large vat - Wine or beer cask - A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a
pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask. - A fermenting vat. - A certain measure for liquids, as for wine, equal to two
pipes, four hogsheads, or 252 gallons. In different countries, the tun
differs in quantity. - A weight of 2,240 pounds. See Ton.
- Grain measure - A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or
thirty-two quarts. - A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a
bushel measure. - A quantity that fills a bushel measure; as, a heap
containing ten bushels of apples. - A large indefinite quantity. - The iron lining in the nave of a wheel. [Eng.] In the
United States it is called a box. See 4th Bush.