Bath
[bɑːθ]
Definition
(noun.) you soak and wash your body in a bathtub; 'he has a good bath every morning'.
(noun.) a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it); 'she soaked the etching in an acid bath'.
(noun.) a town in southwestern England on the River Avon; famous for its hot springs and Roman remains.
(noun.) an ancient Hebrew liquid measure equal to about 10 gallons.
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Definition
(n.) The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc., to water, vapor, hot air, or the like; as, a cold or a hot bath; a medicated bath; a steam bath; a hip bath.
(n.) Water or other liquid for bathing.
(n.) A receptacle or place where persons may immerse or wash their bodies in water.
(n.) A building containing an apartment or a series of apartments arranged for bathing.
(n.) A medium, as heated sand, ashes, steam, hot air, through which heat is applied to a body.
(n.) A solution in which plates or prints are immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution.
(n.) A Hebrew measure containing the tenth of a homer, or five gallons and three pints, as a measure for liquids; and two pecks and five quarts, as a dry measure.
(n.) A city in the west of England, resorted to for its hot springs, which has given its name to various objects.
Editor: Omar
Definition
n. the largest Jewish liquid measure containing about six gallons.
Checker: Sandra
Unserious Contents or Definition
For a young person to dream of taking a bath, means much solicitude for one of the opposite sex, fearing to lose his good opinion through the influence of others. For a pregnant woman to dream this, denotes miscarriage or accident. For a man, adultery. Dealings of all kinds should be carried on with discretion after this dream. To go in bathing with others, evil companions should be avoided. Defamation of character is likely to follow. If the water is muddy, evil, indeed death, and enemies are near you. For a widow to dream of her bath, she has forgotten her former ties, and is hurrying on to earthly loves. Girls should shun male companions. Men will engage in intrigues of salacious character. A warm bath is generally significant of evil. A cold, clear bath is the fore-runner of joyful tidings and a long period of excellent health. Bathing in a clear sea, denotes expansion of business and satisfying research after knowledge.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A kind of mystic ceremony substituted for religious worship with what spiritual efficacy has not been determined.
Checker: Valerie
Examples
- They only knew each other, I think, a few weeks in Bath! Jane Austen. Emma.
- After getting our lunch and upon reaching the sidewalk, Borst opened his mouth, and said: 'That's a great place; a plate of cakes, a cup of coffee, and a Russian bath, for ten cents. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mortimer, the gardener, who wheels the Bath chair, is an army pensioner--an old Crimean man of excellent character. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- We have used for a number of years in this laboratory a form of constant water bath which was contrived by Mr. Edward Bogardus, formerly chemist to the New Jersey State Geological Survey. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- There was a bath in that corner, from which the water had been hastily drained off. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- They are called the two fluid batteries, because in place of a single acidulated bath in which the dissimilar metals were before placed, two different liquid solutions were employed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- When the mixture was heated, the ammonia was driven over to the other end of the tube, immersed in a cold bath, and the ammonia gas became liquefied. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A large number of baths can be run by this apparatus by connecting them with a bath fed by it. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Sometimes, I think of giving up my practice, and going away, and trying what some of the foreign baths and waters will do for me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- We did not go to the ancient warm baths two miles below Tiberias. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Both baths can be repeatedly used without renewing them. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Look at some of the old Roman baths. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Then he looked at the sky shining beyond the tower of the public baths, and he seemed to get over it all. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Electric baths are also common and effective modes of applying the electric current. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It was a pretty picture: the beach; the bathing-women's faces; the long line of rocks and building were blushing and bright in the sunshine. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- We remained in quarters until the afternoon bathing our eyes in cold water. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Buffer says he knows a man who married a bathing-woman, and bolted. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Damp, but not wet linen, may possibly give colds; but no one catches cold by bathing, and no clothes can be wetter than water itself. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The wax of the ear is essential for flexibility of the ear drum; if an extra amount accumulates, it can be got rid of by bathing the ear in hot water, since the heat will melt the wax. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A little sea-bathing would set me up forever. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- She saw, with the creative eye of fancy, the streets of that gay bathing-place covered with officers. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I am pleased you like flowers, observed the Rector, looking at the joyous figure before him, which was bathed in sunshine; 'tis an innocent pleasure. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- While the earth is literally bathed in nitrogen, this element is found to only a very slight degree in the soil. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Feeling greatly refreshed by this rest, he bathed his face and hands in cold water, with the intention of going outside into the delicious night air. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The sun had bathed in gold the western atmosphere, and in the east the clouds caught the radiance, and budded into transient loveliness. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I found her upon her knees and her eyes were bathed in tears. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He has bathed his forehead, and the blood has ceased trickling. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I bared my head to the rushing wind, which bathed my brow in delightful coolness. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Editor: Whitney