Definition of ton

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Ton (n.) A certain weight or quantity of merchandise, with reference to transportation as freight; as, six hundred weight of ship bread in casks, seven hundred weight in bags, eight hundred weight in bulk; ten bushels of potatoes; eight sacks, or ten barrels, of flour; forty cubic feet of rough, or fifty cubic feet of hewn, timber, etc..

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Articulator :: Articulator (n.) One who, or that which, articulates; as: (a) One who enunciates distinctly. (b) One who prepares and mounts skeletons. (c) An instrument to cure stammering..
Polycystina :: Polycystina (n. pl.) A division of Radiolaria including numerous minute marine species. The skeleton is composed of silica, and is often very elegant in form and sculpture. Many have been found in the fossil state..
Cotton :: Cotton (n.) Cloth made of cotton.
Revetment :: Revetment (v. t.) A facing of wood, stone, or any other material, to sustain an embankment when it receives a slope steeper than the natural slope; also, a retaining wall..
Torpedo :: Torpedo (n.) A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive wheels, -- used as an alarm signal..
Ceratospongiae :: Ceratospongiae (n. pl.) An order of sponges in which the skeleton consists of horny fibers. It includes all the commercial sponges.
Tonight :: Tonight (n.) The present or the coming night; the night after the present day.
Ragwork :: Ragwork (n.) A kind of rubblework. In the United States, any rubblework of thin and small stones..
Tonic :: Tonic (a.) Increasing strength, or the tone of the animal system; obviating the effects of debility, and restoring healthy functions..
Inflamed :: Inflamed (p. a.) Represented as burning, or as adorned with tongues of flame..
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) Any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the voice.
Unwormed :: Unwormed (a.) Not wormed; not having had the worm, or lytta, under the tongue cut out; -- said of a dog..
Pitchstone :: Pitchstone (n.) An igneous rock of semiglassy nature, having a luster like pitch..
Barytone :: Barytone (a.) Alt. of Bariton.
Sagitta :: Sagitta (n.) The keystone of an arch.
Endeictic :: Endeictic (a.) Serving to show or exhibit; as, an endeictic dialogue, in the Platonic philosophy, is one which exhibits a specimen of skill..
Glyptographic :: Glyptographic (a.) Relating to glyptography, or the art of engraving on precious stones..
Bass :: Bass (a.) Deep or grave in tone.
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in chanting..
Cottonary :: Cottonary (a.) Relating to, or composed of, cotton; cottony..
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