(idea) by Vulgar Tongue 1811 Thu May 05 2005 at 1:06:38
TO TUNE
To beat: his father tuned him delightfully: perhaps from fetching a tune out of the person beaten, or from a comparison with the disagreeable sounds of instruments when tuning.

The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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