Tub

n. [L. Ger. tubbe, tubben, D. tobbe; N. H. Ger. zubar, O. H. Ger. zuipar, from zwī, two, and beran, to bear, L. Ger. töber, töwer.]

1. An open wooden vessel formed with staves, heading, and hoops; a kind of short cask with but one head;—used for various domestic purposes, as for washing, and the like.
2. Hence, the amount which a tub contains, as a measure of quantity; as, a tub of tea, which is 60 pounds; a tub of camphor, or about 1 cwt., and the like.
3. Any structure shaped like a tub, as a certain form of pulpit. “All being took up and busied, some in pulpits and some in tubs, in the grand work of preaching and holding forth.” South.
4. A state of salivation;—so called because the patient was formerly sweated in a tub. [Obs.]
5. A small cask; as, a tub of butter.
6. A box in which coal is sent up a shaft;—so called by miners. Simmonds.