Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TUB, n. [D. tobbe; G. zuber; Gaelie, tubag.]

1. An open wooden vessel formed with staves, heading and hoops used for various domestic purposes, as for washing, for making cheese, &c.
2. A state of salivation; so called because the patient was formerly sweated in a tub. [Not in use.] Shak.
3. A certain quantity; as, a tub of tea, which is 60 pounds; a tub of camphor, from 56 to 80 pounds; a tub of vermilion, from 300 to 400 pounds. [Local.] Cyc.
4. A wooden vessel in which vegetables are planted, for the sake of being movable and set in a house in cold weather.
5. A small cask.