Obs. [a. OF. ton (14–16th c.), F. thon:—L. thunn-us, TUNNY.] A sea-fish, a tunny.

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1624.  Middleton, Game at Chess, V. iii. You may eat kid, cabrito, call, and tons.

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1624.  [T. Scott], Vox Populi, II. 22. A peece of leane Kid, or Cabrito, a Tripe, Tone’s or such like.

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1672.  Josselyn, New Eng. Rarities, 31.

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1768.  Boswell, Corsica, i. (ed. 2), 37. There is the greatest variety of all the best kinds, and in particular a sort of ton or sturgeon.

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