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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. |
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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. |
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Any structure shaped like a tub: as, a certain old form of
pulpit; a short, broad boat, etc., -- often used jocosely or
opprobriously. |
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A sweating in a tub; a tub fast. |
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A small cask; as, a tub of gin. |
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A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft; -- so
called by miners. |
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To plant or set in a tub; as, to tub a plant. |
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To make use of a bathing tub; to lie or be in a bath; to
bathe. |
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