Tub(i.) To make use of a bathing tub; to lie or be in a bath; to bathe.
Tub(n.) 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.
Tub(n.) 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.
Tub(n.) Any structure shaped like a tub: as, a certain old form of pulpit; a short, broad boat, etc., -- often used jocosely or opprobriously.
Tub(n.) A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.
Tub(n.) A small cask; as, a tub of gin.
Tub(n.) A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft; -- so called by miners.
Tub(v. t.) To plant or set in a tub; as, to tub a plant.
Tubbed(imp. & p. p.) of Tub
Tubbing(n.) The forming of a tub; also, collectively, materials for tubs.
Tubbing(n.) A lining of timber or metal around the shaft of a mine; especially, a series of cast-iron cylinders bolted together, used to enable those who sink a shaft to penetrate quicksand, water, etc., with safety.
Tubbing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tub
Tubful(n.) As much as a tub will hold; enough to fill a tub.
Tubfuls(pl. ) of Tubful
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