Emily Dickinson Lexicon

tun, n. [OE; see ton.]

Cask; tub; vat; barrel; large vessel; [fig.] balloon; flying body; heavy airborne object.

tune (-s), n. [OFr ton < L.]

Series of musical notes consisting of a single series for one voice or instrument, the effect of which is melody; or a union of two or more series or parts to be sung or played in concert, the effect of which is harmony.

tune (tuning), v. [see tune, n.]

1. [Trans.] to adjust musical instrument tones to a standard pitch.
2. [Fig.] to 'put in tune' (with various shades of meaning); to bring into accord or harmony; to attune; to put into a state adapted to produce proper sounds.
3. To give forth a musical sound; to sing.
4. (Trans.) to utter or express musically; to celebrate in music; to form one sound to another.

Tunis, proper n. [poss. related to Phoenician goddess Tanith; poss. related to Berber word, 'small cape'.]

Capital of Tunisia; city in northern Africa; [allusion] kingdom of Queen Claribel in Shakespeare's The Tempest (2.1.246-248): “She that is the queen of Tunis; she that dwells / Ten leagues beyond man's life; she that from Naples / Can have no note, unless the sun were post.”

tunnel, n. [OFr.]

tunnel, v. [see tunnel, n.]

turbaned, adj. [Pers.]

turbid, adj. [L. 'Full of confusion or disorder']

Dark; cloudy; murky; disturbed; troubled; perplexed.

turbulent, adj. [L. 'Full of disturbance or commotion']

Tumultuous; unruly; restless; troubled; uneasy; boisterous; disorderly.

Turk, proper n. [L. < Gk < Persian turk, strong, powerful + iye, owner, Turk's land.]

Ottoman; inhabitant of Anatolia; native of Turkey; person who uses cushions instead of chairs; [fig.] exotic person; colorful personality; (see ED letters).