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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Tun, v.¹ Also: tunn. [Late ME and e.m.E. tunn- (c1430), tonne (Lydgate); Tun n.] tr. To put (ale, etc.) in a cask or barrel. Also absol. Also to tun up.(1) 1540 Lynd. Sat. 3671 (Ch.).
I sall … brew gude aill and tun c1575 Balfour Pract. 580.
Challenge of brousteris … That efter it is taistit, thay tun it over agane 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. i 150.
The challenge of the taisters of aill … They are not reddie to taist or guste the aill, sa oft as the browsters hes tunned itabsol. 14.. Acts I 333/2.
At eftir the ail be tastit be the tunaris thai tun new again 14.. Acts I 333/2.
At thai sell ail nocht the tunnar beand present na yit tunnand efterhend(2) 1633 (1711) Sibbald's Orkn. & Shetl. 47.
They have seldom … other drink in the winter, but … blend, being a liquor blended or mixed of milk and water, which flowes from the butter, this they tunn up in puncheons in the summer time, and keep it till winter 1679 T. Kirke Modern Account of Scotland (1679) 15.
Their drink is ale made of beer malt, and tunned up in a small vessel, called a cogue