Tube

tūb, n. a pipe: a long hollow cylinder for the conveyance of fluids, .: a canal: the body of a musical instrument: a telescope: a cylindrical receptacle for holding semi-fluid substances, as pigments.— v.t. to furnish with, enclose in, a tube.— n. Tū′bage , the act or proce of lining a heavy gun by insertion of a tube of wrought-iron, .: ( med. ) the insertion of a tube into the larynx, .— adjs. Tū′bal , Tū′bar .— n. Tube′-well , a pipe used to obtain water from beneath the ground, having a sharp point and a number of perforations just above the point.— adjs. Tubic′olar , Tū′bicole , Tubic′olous , inhabiting a tube: spinning a tubular web; Tū′biflorous , having tubular flowers; Tū′biform , shaped like a tube.— n. Tū′bing , the act of making tubes: tubes collectively: material for tubes.— adjs. Tū′būlar , having the form of a tube: having a sound like that made by the pa age of air through a tube; Tūbūlā′rian , hydriform in tubular shape with wide disc; Tū′būlate , -d , Tū′būlous , Tū′būlose , formed like a tube: formed of tubes.— n. Tū′būle , a small tube.— adj. Tū′būliform , having the form of a small tube. [Fr.,—L. tub us , a pipe.]