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Tub
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(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.
(2):
(n.) Any structure shaped like a tub: as, a certain old form of pulpit; a short, broad boat, etc., - often used jocosely or opprobriously.
(3):
(n.) A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.
(4):
(n.) A small cask; as, a tub of gin.
(5):
(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.
(6):
(n.) A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft; - so called by miners.
(7):
(v. t.) To plant or set in a tub; as, to tub a plant.
(8):
(i.) To make use of a bathing tub; to lie or be in a bath; to bathe.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tub'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/tub.html. 1828.
