A large tub in which salt provisions are soaked previous to being cooked.
·noun A rennet bag. II. Steep ·adj Bright; glittering; fiery. III. Steep ·vt Excessive; as, a stee...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
rennet. Lane. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
·noun A small cask; as, a tub of gin. II. Tub ·noun A sweating in a tub; a tub fast. III. Tub ·vt ...
·adj Deep and precipitous, having steep descent. ...
·adj Lofty and precipitous. ...
[Anglo-Saxon stéap.] Said of a bold shore, admitting of the largest vessels coming very close to the...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The same as pickling tub. See *pickling tub. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A drunkard, a sot. ...
A presbyterian parson. ...
A vessel in which the fat of bears, seals, and minor quarry is set aside till a "making off" gives a...
A half-cask, set apart for mixing the daily allowance of spirit with water, lime-juice, and sugar, p...
A conical tub used to guard the slow match in action. They were formerly about five-gallon capacity,...
A Quakers' meeting-house. CANT. ...