Tube

tQb, n. A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for various purposes; a pipe; conduit; a ve el of animal bodies or plants which conveys a fluid or other substance. — v. t. [tubed (tubd), tubing.] To furnish with a tube. —Tubing, n. Act of making tubes; a series of tubes; piece of a tube; material for tubes. — Tu'bular, a. Having the form of a tube or pipe; consisting of a pipe; fistular. — TubueQn, cttbe, full; motm, foot; cow, oil; linger lar holler. A steam-boiler in which the water is heated in tubes exposed to the fire; also, one in which the products of combustion pa from the fire-box through a system of small flues, so as to heat the water by which they are surrounded. — T. bridge. A bridge in the form of a hollow trunk or Britannia Tubular Bridge. tube, made of iron plates riveted together. — T. girder. A plate - girder having 2 or more vertical webs with a space between them. — Tu/bulate, a. Tubular; tubulated; tubulous. — Tu'bula'ted, a. Made in the form of a small tube; furnished with a tube. — Tu'bule, -bul, n. A small pipe; little tube. — Tubu'liform, a. Having the form of a small tube. — Tu'bulous, -bu-lus, a. Resembling, or in the form of, a tube; containing small tubes; composed wholly of tubulous florets.