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ˈpowdering-ˌtub
[f. prec. vbl. n. + tub.]
1. A tub in which the flesh of animals is ‘powdered’, or salted and pickled.
1530Palsgr. 257/2 Poudryng tubbe, salover. 1534in Peacock Eng. Ch. Furniture (1866) 189 Item a powtheringe tubb with a coverynge. 1612[see powdering trough]. 1756Nugent Gr. Tour, Netherl. I. 44 On Sunday, a piece of salt meat is usually taken out of the powdering tub. 1841–4Emerson Ess., Love Wks. (Bohn) I. 77 Its gravest discourse has a savour of hams and powdering-tubs.
†2. Humorously applied to a sweating-tub used for the cure of venereal disease. Obs.
1599Shakes. Hen. V, ii. i. 79 From the Poudring tub of infamy, Fetch forth the Lazar Kite of Cressids kinde, Doll Teare-sheete. 1678Butler Hud. iii. ii. 980 Whence some Tub-holders-forth have made In Powdring-Tubs, their richest Trade. 1709O. Dykes Eng. Prov. & Refl. (ed. 2) 83 Pickl'd up to the very Nose in the Powdering-Tub of Sin and Salivation. 1710Brit. Apollo II. No. 90. 2/2 Away to the Powdering-Tub and burnt Mutton. |