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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

B'ATH, n.
1. A place for bathing; a convenient vat or receptacle of water for persons to plunge or wash their bodies in. Baths are warm or tepid, hot or cold, more generally called warm and cold. They are also natural or artificial. Natural baths are those which consist of spring water, either hot or cold, which is often impregnated with iron, and called chalybeate, or with sulphur, carbonic acid, and other mineral qualities. These waters are often very efficacious in scorbutic, bilious, dyspeptic and other complaints.
2. A place in which heat is applied to a body immersed in some substance. Thus,
A dry bath is made of hot sand, ashes, salt,or other matter, for the purpose of applying heat to a body immersed in them.
A vapor bath is formed by filling an apartment with hot steam or vapor, in which the body sweats copiously, as in Russia; or the term is used for the application of hot steam to a diseased part of the body.
A metalline bath is water impregnated with iron or other metallic substance, and applied to a diseased part.
In chimistry, a wet bath is formed by hot water in which is placed a vessel containing the matter which requires a softer heat than the naked fire.
In medicine, the animal bath is made by wrapping the part affected in a warm skin just taken from an animal.
3. A house for bathing. In some eastern countries, baths are very magnificent edifices.
4. A Hebrew measure containing the tenth of a homer, or seven gallons and four pints, as a measure for liquids; and three pecks and three pints, as a dry measure.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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"
2: you soak and wash your body in a bathtub; "he has a good bath every morning"
3: a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body [syn: bathtub, bathing tub, bath, tub]
4: an ancient Hebrew liquid measure equal to about 10 gallons
5: a town in southwestern England on the River Avon; famous for its hot springs and Roman remains
6: a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet [syn: bathroom, bath] v
1: clean one's body by immersion into water; "The child should bathe every day" [syn: bathe, bath]

Merriam Webster's

geographical name city SW England in Somerset population 79,900

Merriam Webster's

I. noun (plural baths) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bæth; akin to Old High German bad bath, Old High German b?en to warm Date: before 12th century 1. a washing or soaking (as in water or steam) of all or part of the body 2. a. water used for bathing b. (1) a contained liquid for a special purpose (2) a receptacle holding the liquid c. (1) a medium for regulating the temperature of something placed in or on it (2) a vessel containing this medium 3. a. bathroom b. a building containing an apartment or a series of rooms designed for bathing c. spa 1 — usually used in plural d. British swimming pool — often used in plural 4. a. the quality or state of being covered with a liquid b. flood 3 5. bathtub 6. a financial setback ; loss <took a bath in the market> II. verb Date: 15th century transitive verb British to give a bath to intransitive verb British to take a bath III. noun Etymology: Hebrew Date: 14th century an ancient Hebrew liquid measure corresponding to the ephah of dry measure

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. (pl. baths) 1 a (in full bath-tub) a container for liquid, usu. water, used for immersing and washing the body. b this with its contents (your bath is ready). 2 the act or process of immersing the body for washing or therapy (have a bath; take a bath). 3 a a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed, e.g. a film for developing, for controlling temperature, etc. b this with its contents. 4 (usu. in pl.) a building with baths or a swimming pool, usu. open to the public. --v. Brit. 1 tr. wash (esp. a person) in a bath. 2 intr. take a bath. Phrases and idioms: bath cube a cube of compacted bath salts. bath salts soluble salts used for softening or scenting bath-water. Etymology: OE bæth f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bath Bath (b[.a]th; 61), n.; pl. Baths (b[.a]thz). [AS. b[ae][eth]; akin to OS. & Icel. ba[eth], Sw., Dan., D., & G. bad, and perh. to G. b["a]hen to foment.] 1. 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. 2. Water or other liquid for bathing. 3. A receptacle or place where persons may immerse or wash their bodies in water. 4. A building containing an apartment or a series of apartments arranged for bathing. Among the ancients, the public baths were of amazing extent and magnificence. --Gwilt. 5. (Chem.) A medium, as heated sand, ashes, steam, hot air, through which heat is applied to a body. 6. (Photog.) A solution in which plates or prints are immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution. Note: Bath is used adjectively or in combination, in an obvious sense of or for baths or bathing; as, bathroom, bath tub, bath keeper. Douche bath. See Douche. Order of the Bath, a high order of British knighthood, composed of three classes, viz., knights grand cross, knights commanders, and knights companions, abbreviated thus: G. C. B., K. C. B., K. B. Russian bath, a kind of vapor bath which consists in a prolonged exposure of the body to the influence of the steam of water, followed by washings and shampooings. Turkish bath, a kind of bath in which a profuse perspiration is produced by hot air, after which the body is washed and shampooed. Bath house, a house used for the purpose of bathing; -- also a small house, near a bathing place, where a bather undresses and dresses.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bath Bath, n. A city in the west of England, resorted to for its hot springs, which has given its name to various objects. Bath brick, a preparation of calcareous earth, in the form of a brick, used for cleaning knives, polished metal, etc. Bath chair, a kind of chair on wheels, as used by invalids at Bath. ``People walked out, or drove out, or were pushed out in their Bath chairs.'' --Dickens. Bath metal, an alloy consisting of four and a half ounces of zinc and one pound of copper. Bath note, a folded writing paper, 8 1/2 by 14 inches. Bath stone, a species of limestone (o["o]lite) found near Bath, used for building.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bath Bath, n. [Heb.] 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(baths bathing, bathed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A bath is a container, usually a long rectangular one, which you fill with water and sit in while you wash your body. (BRIT; in AM, use bathtub) In those days, only quite wealthy families had baths of their own. N-COUNT 2. When you have or take a bath, or when you are in the bath, you sit or lie in a bath filled with water in order to wash your body. ...if you have a bath every morning... Take a shower instead of a bath. N-COUNT 3. If you bath someone, especially a child, you wash them in a bath. (BRIT) Don't feel you have to bath your child every day. = bathe VERB: V n • Bath is also a noun. (in AM, use bathe) The midwife gave him a warm bath. N-COUNT 4. When you bath, you have a bath. (BRIT; in AM, use bathe) The three children all bath in the same bath water. = bathe VERB: V prep/adv 5. A bath or a baths is a public building containing a swimming pool, and sometimes other facilities that people can use to have a wash or a bath. N-COUNT 6. A bath is a container filled with a particular liquid, such as a dye or an acid, in which particular objects are placed, usually as part of a manufacturing or chemical process. ...a developing photograph placed in a bath of fixer. N-COUNT: usu with supp 7. see also bloodbath, bubble bath, swimming bath, Turkish bath

Easton's Bible Dictionary

a Hebrew liquid measure, the tenth part of an homer (1 Kings 7:26, 38; Ezek. 45:10, 14). It contained 8 gallons 3 quarts of our measure. "Ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath" (Isa. 5:10) denotes great unproductiveness.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

(bath): A liquid measure equal to about 9 gallons, English measure. It seems to have been regarded as a standard for liquid measures (Eze 45:10), as in the case of the molten sea and the lavers in Solomon's temple (1Ki 7:26,38), and for measuring oil and wine (2Ch 2:10; Ezr 7:22; Isa 5:10; Eze 45:14). Its relation to the homer is given in Eze 45:11,14.

See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

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