{Powdering tub}. (a) A tub or vessel in which meat is corned or salted. (b) A heated tub in which an infected lecher was placed for cure. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
powdering tub — noun 1. archaic : a tub for salting meat 2. obsolete : a sweating tub for the cure of venereal disease to the spital go, and from the powd ring tub of infamy fetch forth the lazar kite Shakespeare … Useful english dictionary
powdering-tub — powˈdering tub noun 1. A vessel in which meat is salted 2. A tub used in the treatment of venereal disease by sweating (obsolete) • • • Main Entry: ↑powder … Useful english dictionary
Powdering — Pow der*ing, a. & n. from {Powder}, v. t. [1913 Webster] {Powdering tub}. (a) A tub or vessel in which meat is corned or salted. (b) A heated tub in which an infected lecher was placed for cure. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
kimnel — , kemlin a pickling tub ; used also for scalding hogs to get the hair off. North. a powdering tub. N … A glossary of provincial and local words used in England
kemnel — , kimnel a powdering tub. N … A glossary of provincial and local words used in England
kemlin — , kimnel a powdering tub. N … A glossary of provincial and local words used in England
photoengraving — /foh toh en gray ving/, n. 1. a photographic process of preparing printing plates for letterpress printing. 2. a plate so produced. 3. a print made from it. [1870 75; PHOTO + ENGRAVING] * * * Any of several processes for producing printing plates … Universalium
