tubfastt (tubfast)

A proce of treatment for the cure of venereal disease by sweating in a heated tub for a considerable time, during which strict abstinence had to be observed. Bring down rose-cheeked youth To the tub - fast and the diet. Shak ., T. of A., iv. 3. 87. IMG:content-1025.png:[blocks in formation] The brothers [Carlyle] went in a steamer from Liverpool to Bangor, and thence to Llanberis, again in a tub - gig , or Welsh car. Froude , Carlyle (Life in London, xi.).