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• Ton — (t[u^]n), n. [OE. tonne, tunne, a tun, {AS}. tunne a tun, tub, a large vessel; akin to G. & F. tonne a ton, tun, LL. tunna a tun; all perhaps of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. tunna a tun. Cf. {Tun},{Tunnel}.] (Com.) A measure of weight or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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• ton — I. n. [Fr.] Fashion, mode, vogue. II. n. (Com.) 1. Twenty hundred gross, 2,240 pounds. 2. Forty cubic feet. 3. Forty solid feet (round), fifty four feet (square). 4 …   New dictionary of synonyms

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