·noun A small cask; as, a tub of gin.
II. Tub ·noun A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.
III. Tub ·vt To plant or set in a tub; as, to tub a plant.
IV. Tub ·noun A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft;
— so called by miners.
V. Tub (i.) To make use of a bathing tub; to lie or be in a bath; to Bathe.
VI. 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.
VII. 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.
VIII. 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.