tuns

1. A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.
2. A fermenting vat.
3. An old English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 252 wine gallons; equal to two pipes.
4. A weight of 2,240 pounds.
5. An indefinite large quantity.
6. A drunkard.
7. Any shell belonging to Tonna and allied genera.
8. The cryptobiotic state of a tardigrade, when its metabolism is temporarily suspended.

verb

To put into tuns, or casks.

noun

A part of the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar system which corresponds to 18 winal cycles or 360 days.