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Webster 1913 Edition

Bath

Bath

(bȧth; 61)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Baths
(bȧthz)
.
[AS.
bæð
; akin to OS. & Icel.
bað
, Sw., Dan., D., & G.
bad
, and perh. to G.
bähen
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.
☞ 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.

Bath

,
Noun.
[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.

Bath

,
Noun.
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 (oölite) found near Bath, used for building.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bath

B'ATH

,
Noun.
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.

Definition 2024

Bath

Bath

See also: bath, bàth, baþ, bað, and Ba'th

English

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Bath

  1. A city in Somerset, England, famous for its baths fed by a hot spring.
  2. A village in Illinois
  3. An unincorporated town in Indiana
  4. A town and mineral spring in Jamaica
  5. A city in Maine
  6. A village in the Netherlands
  7. A village in New Brunswick
  8. A town in New Hampshire
  9. A town in New York
  10. A town in North Carolina
  11. A borough in Pennsylvania
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Transliteration of Arabic

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bæθ/, /bɑːθ/

Proper noun

Bath

  1. (rare, nonstandard, usually in the phrase ‘Bath Party’) A secular Arab nationalist political party present in several countries in the Middle East, most prominently Iraq and Syria.
Usage notes

The Arabic word has two syllables. The spelling Bath and the pronunciation with only one syllable are inconsistent with the original Arabic.

Derived terms
  • Bathism
  • Bathist

Anagrams

bath

bath

See also: Bath, bàth, baþ, bað, and Ba'th

English

A western-style bathtub

Noun

bath ‎(plural baths)

  1. A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.
  2. A building or area where bathing occurs.
    • Gwilt
      Among the ancients, the public baths were of amazing extent and magnificence.
  3. The act of bathing.
  4. A substance or preparation in which something is immersed.
    a bath of heated sand, ashes, steam, or hot air
    • 1879, Th Du Moncel, The Telephone, the Microphone and the Phonograph, Harper, page 166:
      He takes the prepared charcoal used by artists, brings it to a white heat, and suddenly plunges it in a bath of mercury, of which the globules instantly penetrate the pores of charcoal, and may be said to metallize it.
Usage notes

Sense 3. is usually to take (US) or have (UK, Aus) a bath. See also Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take

Derived terms
Translations

Verb

bath ‎(third-person singular simple present baths, present participle bathing, simple past and past participle bathed)

  1. (transitive) To wash a person or animal in a bath
    • 1990, Mukti Jain Campion, The Baby Challenge: A handbook on pregnancy for women with a physical disability., ISBN 0415048591, page 41:
      Somewhere to bath the baby: don't invest in a plastic baby bath. The bathroom handbasin is usually a much more convenient place to bath the baby. If your partner is more able, this could be a task he might take on as his, bathing the baby in a basin or plastic bown on the floor.
    • 2006, Sue Dallas, Diana North and Joanne Angus, Grooming Manual for the Dog and Cat, ISBN 1405111836, page 91:
      For grooming at home, obviously the choice is yours whether you wish to bath the dog in your own bath or sink, or if you want to buy one specifically for the purpose.
    • 2007, Robin Barker, Baby Love, ISBN 17770075445, page 179:
      If you find bathing stressfull during the first six weeks, only bath your baby once or twice a week.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Hebrew בַּת ‎(bath).

Noun

bath ‎(plural baths)

  1. (biblical) An ancient Hebrew unit of liquid volume measure, equal to an ephah and to one-tenth of a homer, and approximately equal to 22 litres.
    • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Book of Ezekiel, 45:10–11,
      Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bat/

Etymology

From English proper noun Bath where this paper was originally made.

Noun

bath m ‎(plural baths)

  1. English high quality letter paper popular in the 19th century.

Adjective

bath m, f ‎(plural baths)

  1. Super, great, smashing; beautiful, fine, good, pleasant.

Etymology

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