TUB

noun a small cask; as, a tub of gin.

2. tub ·noun a sweating in a tub; a tub fast.

3. tub ·vt to plant or set in a tub; as, to tub a plant.

4. tub ·noun a box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft;

— so called by miners.

5. tub (i.) to make use of a bathing tub; to lie or be in a bath; to bathe.

6. tub ·noun the amount which a tub contains, as a measure of quantity; as, a tub of butter; a tub of camphor, which is about 1 cwt., ·etc.

7. tub ·noun any structure shaped like a tub: as, a certain old form of pulpit; a short, broad boat, ·etc., — often used jocosely or opprobriously.

8. tub ·noun an open wooden vessel formed with staves, bottom, and hoops; a kind of short cask, half barrel, or firkin, usually with but one head, — used for various purposes.