| 释义 |
tunning, vbl. n.|ˈtʌnɪŋ|
[f. tun v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb tun.
1. Putting into or storing in a tun or tuns. Also with up.
14..[see tunning-dish in 3]. a1529Skelton El. Rummyng 130 Wyth all theyr myght runnynge..To haue of her tunnynge. 1577Harrison England ii. vi. in Holinshed I. 95/1 The bere..is commonlye of a yeare olde (or..of two yeres tunning or more). 1669Worlidge Syst. Agric. vii. §12. 120 The best Vessels for the tunning up of Cider. 1766Compl. Farmer s.v. Cyder, At first tunning they do not fill their hogsheads to the bung, but leave an empty space to receive a pailful of fresh cyder from the press. 1822J. Imison Sc. & Art II. 159 It is mixed with yeast..in order to excite the vinous fermentation. This process is called tunning.
2. Of rabbits: see tun v. 3.
1741Compl. Fam.-Piece iii. 510 The main Art of keeping these Creatures, is to preserve them from Tunning, or being Pot-belly'd.
3. attrib. Used in or for tunning liquor, as tunning cask, tunning tub, tunning vessel; † tunning dish, = tundish; † tunning mell, ? a ‘mell’ or mallet used to knock in the bung of a tun or cask.
1891Cent. Dict., *Tunning-cask, a cask in which fermented ale is stored when racked off.
14..Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 574/15 Colum, a colyndore, or a *tunnyng dysch. 1611Cotgr., Sibille, a tunning and tasting dish in the time of Vintage. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 320/1 A Tunning Dish, some term it a Fulling or Filling Dish; for by the help of it Liquor is poured into Vessels with small holes.
1362–3Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 565 In j *Tunnyngmell et ij duzayns de ciphis ligneis empt. ij d. ob.
1567Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees) I. 266 A *tonning tubb, a tonn for bread.
1504Bury Wills (Camden) 101 All brewyng ledys,..brasse bruyng vessells, *tonnyng vessells. |