tunningn.
/ˈtʌnɪŋ/ The action of tun v.
1. Putting into or storing in a tun or tuns. Also with up.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > [noun] > putting in tuns or vats
tunning14..
vatting1843
14.. [see tunning dish n. at Compounds 2].
a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 130 Wyth all theyr myght runnynge..To haue of her tunnynge.
1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. i. f. 95/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The bere..is commonlye of a yeare olde, (or..of two yeres tunning or more).
1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ vii. §12. 120 The best Vessels for the tunning up of Cider.
1766 Compl. Farmer at 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.
1822 T. Webster Imison's Elem. Sci. & Art (new ed.) 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.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Oryctolagus (rabbit) > young > becoming pot-bellied
tunning1736
1736 Compl. Family-piece iii. 442 The main Art of keeping these Creatures, is to preserve them from Tunning, or being Pot-belly'd.
Compounds
C1. General attributive. Used in or for tunning liquor.
tunning cask n.
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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > large for liquor > for beer or cider
beer-pot1546
black pot1582
beer-glass1594
beer-barrel1603
beer-bombard1652
stound1674
beer-vat1837
beer-bottle1839
stein1855
tunning cask1891
bulk barrel1905
seidel1922
schooner1934
stubby1957
1891 Cent. Dict. Tunning-cask, a cask in which fermented ale is stored when racked off.
tunning tub n.
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1567 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 266 A tonning tubb, a tonn for bread.
tunning vessel n.
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1504 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 101 All brewyng ledys,..brasse bruyng vessells, tonnyng vessells.
C2. † tunning dish n. Obsolete = tun-dish n.† tunning mell n. Obsolete ? a ‘mell’ or mallet used to knock in the bung of a tun or cask.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [noun] > brewers' utensils
mash-rule1388
strum1394
tunning dish14..
rudder1410
graner1413
mashel1440
mash rudder1454
pig's foot1467
mask rudder1588
tunnel dish1610
paddle-staff1682
mash1688
mashing staff1688
mash-staff1688
oar1735
mashing-stick1741
porcupine1748
thrum1828
rouser1830
tun-pail1833
mashing oar1836
racker1843
attemperator1854
sparger1858
zymoscope1868
nurse1880
parachute1885
pitching machine1940
sparge arm1947
mash-stick1953
mash oar1974
14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 574/15 Colum, a colyndore, or a tunnyng dysch.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Sibille, a tunning and tasting dish in the time of Vintage.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory 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.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > driving or beating tools > [noun] > mallet > types of
tunning mell1362
dresser1688
spike-maul1886
1362–3 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 565 In 1 Tunnyngmell et 2 duzayns de ciphis ligneis empt., 2d. ob.
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