tone (s.xii¼)
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tone (s.xii¼)

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tonne;  toun,  toune,  tune  

s.

1tun, large cask: 
( s.xii¼; MS: s.xiv1 )  D'eigue dulce des funtaines Funt lur tunes tutes pleines  998
( MS: c.1250 )  hoc dolium: tune  i 422.213
2bin: 
( 1341 )  En l'espense une toune pur pain et un aultre pur aveines  5
( 1427-28 )  (measure of weight) ton: j. tone de ferre  8
3unitweightton: 
( 1356 )  sa nef [...] de la charge de xij tonnes  98
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