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Full of tumults.—The winds began to speak louder, and 
as in a tumultuous kingdom, to think themselves fittest in¬ 
struments of commandment. Sidney. 
TUMU'LTUOUSLY, adv. By act of the multitude; 
with confusion and violence.—-It was done by edict, not tu- 
?nultuously; the sword was not put into the people’s hand. 
Bacon. 
TUMU'LTUOUSNESS, s. State of being tumultuous. 
—Keep down this boiling and tumultuousness of the soul. 
Hammond. 
TUN, s. [cunne, Saxon; tonne, Dutch; tonne, tonneau, 
Fr. Dr. Johnson. —It is the past participle of the Sax. 
Cvnan, to inclose; though now usually applied to an inclo¬ 
sure for fluids.] A large cask. 
As when a spark 
Lights on a heap of powder, laid 
Fit for the tun, some magazine to store 
Against a rumour’d war. Milton. 
The measure of four hogsheads.—Any large quantity pro¬ 
verbially. 
1 have ever follow’d thee with hate, 
Drawn tuns of blood out of thy country’s breast. 
Shakspeare. 
A drunkard: in burlesque. 
Here’s a tun of midnight-work to come, 
Og from a treason-tavern rolling home. Dry den. 
The weight of two thousand pounds. A cubic space in 
a ship, supposed to contain a tun.—So fenced about with 
rocks and lets, that without knowledge of the passages, a 
boat of ten tuns cannot be brought into the haven. Heylin. 
—Dryden has used it for a perimetrical measure, without 
precedent or propriety. 
A tun about was every pillar there ; 
A polish’d mirrour shone not half so clear. Dryden. 
To TUN, v. a. To put into casks; to barrel.—If in the 
must or wort, while it worketh, before it be tunned, the bur- 
rage stay a time, and be often changed with fresh, it will 
make a sovereign drink for melancholy. Bacon. 
TUNA, a small island of Lower Egypt, in the Lake Men- 
2 aleh; 8 miles south-east of Tennis. 
TUNA, a harbour on the eastern coast of Egypt, upon 
the Red sea. It affords good shelter against the north-west 
winds, but is much narrowed by shoals and rocks; 52 miles 
south-south-east of Cosseir. 
TUNA, a small river of Brazil, in the province of Per¬ 
nambuco, which runs east, and falls into the sea between 
the rivers Ilheos and Piratuninga. 
TU'NABLE, adj. Harmonious; musical. 
A cry more tunable 
Was never halloo’d to, nor cheer’d with horn. Shakspeare. 
TU'N ABLENESS, s. Harmony; melodiousness. 
TU'NABLY, adv. Harmoniously; melodiously. 
He cannot wel fly, 
Nor synge tunably. Skelton. 
TUNBRIDGE, a market town of England, in the county 
of Kent, situated on the river Tun, which fonns one of the 
five branches into which the Medway here divides itself, and 
over each of which there is a stone bridge. The town con¬ 
sists chiefly of one long and wide street, which is kept very 
clean, though ill paved, and the houses indifferently built. 
Tunbridge contains 964 houses, and 5932 inhabitants. 
Market on Friday, and one on the first Tuesday of every 
month for live cattle; 14 miles south-south-west of Maid¬ 
stone, and 30 east by-south of London. 
TUNBRIDGE, a post township of the United States, in 
Orange county, Vermont; 32 miles south of Montpellier. 
Population 1640. 
TUNBRIDGE WELLS, a town of England, in the 
county of Kent, or rather the appellation given to a series 
of scattered villages or dwellings within five or six miles 
from the town of Tunbridge, immediately bordering on Sus¬ 
sex, and which owe their origin and importance to the 
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celebrated mineral waters in the vicinity. They are situated 
in the parishes of Tunbridge, Frant, and Spledhurst, and 
consist of four divisions ; Mount Ephraim, Mount Pleasant, 
Mount Sion, and the Wells properly so called. The air of 
this district is very pure and salubrious, and aids powerfully 
the medicinal qualities of the waters. The general appear- 
ance of the country is inviting, and the aspect of the villages 
is picturesque, appearing like a large town in a wood, inter¬ 
spersed with rich meadows, and inclosing a large common, 
in which are walks, rides, handsome rows of trees, and 
other objects of variety. The village is nearly two miles in 
length by one in breadth, and of late years the buildings 
have been rapidly increasing, many persons of rank and 
respectability having houses here for occasional or constant 
residence. The component parts of the water are steely 
particles, marine salts, and oily matter, an ochreous sub¬ 
stance, a volatile vitriolic spirit, too subtle for analysis, and 
a simple fluid. The waters are considered to be of great use 
in removing complaints arising from sedentary occupations, 
weak digestion, and nervous and chronical disorders. The 
rides in the neighbourhood of the wells include a variety of 
interesting and picturesque scenes. The high rocks, about 
a mile and a half south-westward of the wells, on the Sussex 
side, are much celebrated, and certainly form a very striking 
and romantic picture. The trade of Tunbridge Wells is 
similar to that of the Spa in Germany, and consists chiefly 
in the manufacture of a variety of toys in wood of different 
kinds. The goods manufactured are well known by the 
name of Tunbridge ware, and consist of tea-chests, dressing- 
boxes of different kinds, children’s toys, punch-ladles, snuff¬ 
boxes, and other articles. 
TUNDERGARTH, a parish of Scotland, in Dumfries¬ 
shire, in the district of Annandale, about 14 miles in length, 
and 1| in breadth. Population 522. 
TU'N-DISH, s. A tunnel.—Filling a bottle with a tun- 
dish. Shakspeare. 
TUNE, s. [toon, Dut.; ton , Swed.; tuono, Ital.; tone, Fr.; 
tonus, Lat.] A diversity of notes put together. Locke .— 
Tunes and airs have in themselves some affinity with the 
affections; as merry tunes, doleful tunes, solemn tunes, 
tunes inclining men’s minds to pity, warlike tunes, so that 
tunes have a predisposition to the motion of the spirits. 
Bacon. —Sound; note. 
Such a noise arose 
As the shrouds make at sea in a stiff tempest. 
As loud, and to as many tunes. Shakspeare. 
Harmony; order; concert of parts.—A continual parlia¬ 
ment I thought would but keep the commonweal in tune, 
by preserving laws in their due execution and vigour. King 
Charles. —State of giving the due sounds; as, the fiddle is 
in tune, or out of tune. Proper state for use or application; 
right disposition; Attemper; proper humour.—A child will 
learn three times as much when he is in tune, as he will with 
double the time and pains, when he goes awkwardly, or is 
dragged unwillingly to it. Locke. —State of any thing with 
respect to order.—Distressed Lear, in his better tune, remem¬ 
bers what we are come about. Shakspeare. 
To TUNE, v. a. To put into such a state, as that the pro¬ 
per sounds may be produced. 
Tune your harps, 
Ye angels, to that sound; and thou, my heart, 
Make room to entertain thy flowing joy. Dryden. 
To sing harmoniously. 
Fountains, and ye that warble as ye flow, 
Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise. Milton. 
To put into order, so as to produce the proper effect.— 
Especially he hath incurred the everlasting displeasure of the 
king, who had even tuned his bounty to sing happiness to 
him. Shakspeare. 
To TUNE, v. n. To form one sound to another. 
The winds were hush’d, no leaf so small 
At all- was seen to stir; 
Whilst tuning to the waters fall, 
The small birds sang to her. Drayton 
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