A large tub, cistern or vessel used for various purposes, as by brewers to run their wort in, by tanners for holding their bark and hidesIt is also a wooden vessel containing a quarter or eight bushels of grain, and a pan for containing water in salt-works, a vessel for wine. The fats shall overflow with wine and oil. Joe! 2:24.

A large vessel or cistern for holding liquors in an immature state; as vats for wine. Let him produce his vats and tubs, in opposition to heaps of arms and standards.

A square box or cistern in which hides are laid for steeping in tan.

An oil measure in Holland; also, a wine measure.

A square hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry.