zun

plural zuns

1. UKnonstandardpronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of sun.

   Zome woys avore the zun is down, So long’s the sky is clear;

   1850, James Orchard Halliwell, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century

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   GOOD bwye ta thee Cot! whaur tha dâs o’ my childhood Glaw’d bright as tha zun in a mornin o’ mâ;

   1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire

plural zuns

1. A type of Chinese ritual bronze or ceramic wine vessel with a round or square vase-like form, sometimes in the shape of an animal.