Tub
TUB, noun
1. An open wooden vessel formed with staves, heading and hoops; used for various domestic purposes, as for washing, for making cheese, etc.
2. A state of salivation; so called because the patient was formerly sweated in a tub [Not in use.]
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 3 to 4 hundred pounds. [local.]
4. A wooden vessel in which vegetables are planted, for the sake of being movable and set in a house in cold weather.
TUB, verb transitive To plant or set in a tub