7. (Zoöl.) Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; — called
also tun-shell.
Tun, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tunned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tunning.] To put
into tuns, or casks. Boyle.
Tu"na (?), n. (Bot.) The Opuntia Tuna. See Prickly pear, under Prickly.
Tu"na, n. [Cf. Tunny.] (Zoöl.) (a) The tunny. (b) The bonito, 2.
Tun"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being tuned, or made harmonious; hence,
harmonious; musical; tuneful. — Tun"a*ble*ness, n. — Tun"a*bly, adv.
And tunable as sylvan pipe or song.
Milton.
Tun"-bel`lied (?), a. Having a large, protuberant belly, or one shaped
like a tun; pot-bellied.
Tun"-dish` (?), n. A tunnel. [Obs.] Shak.
||Tun"dra (?), n. [Russ., from a native name.] A rolling, marshy, mossy
||plain of Northern Siberia.
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Tune (?), n. [A variant of tone.] 1. A sound; a note; a tone. "The tune
of your voices." Shak.
2. (Mus.) (a) A rhythmical, melodious, symmetrical series of tones for
one voice or instrument, or for any number of voices or instruments in
unison, or two or more such series forming parts in harmony; a melody;
an air; as, a merry tune; a mournful tune; a slow tune; a psalm tune.
See Air. (b) The state of giving the proper, sound or sounds; just
intonation; harmonious accordance; pitch of the voice or an instrument;
adjustment of the parts of an instrument so as to harmonize with itself
or with others; as, the piano, or the organ, is not in tune.
Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh.
Shak.
3. Order; harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or humor; right
mood.
A child will learn three times as much when he is in tune, as when he .
. . is dragged unwillingly to [his task].
Locke.
Tune, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tuned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tuning.] 1. To put
into a state adapted to produce the proper sounds; to harmonize, to
cause to be in tune; to correct the tone of; as, to tune a piano or a
violin. " Tune your harps." Dryden.
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2. To give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to make
harmonious.
For now to sorrow must I tune my song.
Milton.