6. A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft; — so called
by miners.
Tub fast, an old mode of treatment for the venereal disease, by
sweating in a close place, or tub, and fasting. [Obs.] Shak. — Tub
wheel, a horizontal water wheel, usually in the form of a short
cylinder, to the circumference of which spiral vanes or floats, placed
radially, are attached, turned by the impact of one or more streams of
water, conducted so as to strike against the floats in the direction of
a tangent to the cylinder.
Tub, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tubbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tubbing.] To plant
or set in a tub; as, to tub a plant.
Tub, v. i. To make use of a bathing tub; to lie or be in a bath; to
bathe. [Colloq.]
Don't we all tub in England ?
London Spectator.
Tu"ba (?), n. [L., trumpet.] (Mus.) (a) An ancient trumpet. (b) A
sax-tuba. See Sax-tuba.
Tub"al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a tube; specifically, of or
pertaining to one of the Fallopian tubes; as, tubal pregnancy.
Tub"bing (?), n. 1. The forming of a tub; also, collectively, materials
for tubs.
2. 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.
Tub"by (?), a. Resembling a tub; specifically sounding dull and without
resonance, like a tub; wanting elasticity or freedom of sound; as, a
tubby violin.
Tube (?), n. [L. tubus; akin to tuba a trumpet: cf F. tube.] 1. A
hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids,
and for various other purposes; a pipe.