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7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bath n 1: a vessel in which something is immersed to maintain it at a constant temperature or to process or lubricate it 2: you soak 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}, {tub}] 4: an ancient Hebrew liquid measure equal to about 10 gallons 5: a room (in a residence) containing a bath or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet [syn: {bathroom}] v : clean one's body by immersion into water; "The child should take a bath every day" [syn: {bathe}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Bath, IL (village, FIPS 4156) Location: 40.19113 N, 90.14238 W Population (1990): 388 (216 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Bath, IN Zip code(s): 47010 Bath, ME (city, FIPS 3355) Location: 43.93807 N, 69.83742 W Population (1990): 9799 (4236 housing units) Area: 23.7 sq km (land), 10.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 04530 Bath, MI Zip code(s): 48808 Bath, NC (town, FIPS 3840) Location: 35.46541 N, 76.81506 W Population (1990): 154 (108 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 27808 Bath, NH Zip code(s): 03740 Bath, NY (village, FIPS 4759) Location: 42.33700 N, 77.31843 W Population (1990): 5801 (2640 housing units) Area: 7.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Bath, PA (borough, FIPS 4432) Location: 40.72758 N, 75.39179 W Population (1990): 2358 (914 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 18014 Bath, SD Zip code(s): 57427 From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Bath 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. From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: BATH, n. A kind of mystic ceremony substituted for religious worship, with what spiritual efficacy has not been determined. The man who taketh a steam bath He loseth all the skin he hath, And for he's boiled a brilliant red, Thinketh to cleanliness he's wed, Forgetting that his lungs he's soiling With dirty vapors of the boiling. Richard Gwow
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