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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bathing \Bath"ing\, n.
Act of taking a bath or baths.
{Bathing machine}, a small room on wheels, to be driven into
the water, for the convenience of bathers, who undress and
dress therein.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bathe \Bathe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bathed} (?); p. pr & vb n.
{Bathing}.] [OE. ba?ien, AS ba?ian, fr b[ae]? bath. See 1st
{Bath}, and cf {Bay} to bathe.]
1. To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.
Chancing to bathe himself in the River Cydnus
--South.
2. To lave; to wet. ``The lake which bathed the foot of the
Alban mountain.'' --T. Arnold.
3. To moisten or suffuse with a liquid.
And let us bathe our hands in C[ae]sar's blood.
--Shak.
4. To apply water or some liquid medicament to as to bathe
the eye with warm water or with sea water; to bathe one's
forehead with camphor.
5. To surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person
immersed. ``The rosy shadows bathe me '' --Tennyson.
``The bright sunshine bathing all the world.''
--Longfellow.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
bathing
n 1: immersing the body in water or sunshine
2: the act of washing yourself (or another person) [syn: {ablution},
{washup}]
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