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ton(3) (iou) and favoress (medicine)


ton(3) (iou)



ton noun1. Also tun. See also TUN noun1. ME.
[Var. of TUN noun1.]
I.
See TUN noun1. ME.
II.
A unit of measurement of the carrying capacity, cargo, or weight of a ship. Orig., the space occupied by a tun cask of Wine. Now, (a) (in full displacement ton) a unit of measurement of a ship's weight or volume in terms of its displacement of water with the loadline just immersed, equal to 2240 pounds (approx. 1016 kg) or to 35 cubic feet (approx. 0.99 cubic metre); (b) (in full freight ton) a unit of weight or volume of cargo, equal to a metric ton (1000 kg, approx. 2205 lb) or to 40 cubic feet (approx. 1.13 cubic metre); (c) (in full gross ton) a unit of gross internal capacity, equal to 100 cubic feet (approx. 2.83 cubic metre); (d) (in full net ton, register ton) an equivalent unit of net internal capacity. Cf. TONNAGE noun. LME.
Any of several units of measurement of capacity for various solid materials or Commodities; esp. 40 cubic feet of timber. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
A unit of measurement of weight, varying according to period, locality, and commodity, but now generally 20 hundredweight; esp. (a) (in full long ton) a unit equal to 2240 pounds (approx. 1016 kg); (b) chiefly N. Amer. (in full short ton) a unit equal to 2000 pounds (approx. 907 kg); also, a tonne; (c) (in full metric ton) a tonne (1000 kg). LME.
b. A unit of refrigerating power equal to that needed to freeze one (short) ton of water at 0C in 24 hours. M20.
a. A very large amount or number of; (also adverbial) a great deal, a lot. Usu. in pl. colloq. L18.
J. M. Barrie 'Do you kill many [pirates]?' 'Tons.'
b. One hundred; spec. (slang) (a) Cricket a century; (b) a sum of a hundred pounds; (c) a speed of 100 m.p.h. (esp. with ref. to a motorcycle). M20.
Phrases: do a ton, do the ton slang Travel at a speed of 100 m.p.h. like a ton of bricks: see BRICK noun. weigh a ton colloq. be very heavy.
Comb.: ton-force, pl. tons-force, a unit of force equal to the weight of a mass of one ton, esp. under standard gravity; ton-mile the equivalent of the work done by a vehicle etc. in carrying a ton the distance of a mile; ton-mileage amount of or reckoning in ton-miles; charge per ton-mile; ton tight: see TIGHT adjective; ton weight (a) the weight of one ton; (b) colloq. a very heavy object or burden (lit. & fig.).

favoress (medicine)


favoress


A woman who favors or gives countenance.

Alternative forms: fovouress.

Source: Websters Dictionary