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▪ I. sauna, n.
(ˈsɔːnə, ‖ ˈsɑuna)
[Finn.]
A bath-house or bathroom in which the Finnish steam bath is taken; the steam bath itself, taken in very hot steam produced by throwing water on to heated stones. Also attrib. and Comb., as sauna bath, sauna heat, sauna stove, sauna suite; sauna-like a., oppressively hot and steamy.
1881P. B. Du Chaillu Land of Midnight Sun II. xvii. 206 One of the most characteristic institutions of the country is the Sauna (bath-house), called Badstuga in Swedish. 1897E. B. Tweedie Through Finland in Carts iii. 42 Every house in the country, however humble that house may be, boasts its bastu, or bath-house, called in Finnish Sauna. 1936Discovery Apr. 110/1 A speciality of Finland which everyone who visits the country ought to try is the Sauna—the special steam-baths which Finnish people from time immemorial have been in the habit of taking. 1939Daily Tel. 18 Dec. 1/5 The Finnish soldiers..continue to take their celebrated ‘sauna’ steam baths wherever they are stationed. 1957A. Buchwald I chose Caviar 31 But in Finland a sauna is not just a bath—it is a way of life. A sauna is to a Finn what a pub is to a Britisher, what a café is to a Frenchman, what a television set is to an American. 1959Times 2 Dec. 5/4 A move to make British business men sauna bath conscious begins next week with the opening of a Finnish-style sauna in the City of London... City Wall sauna, as it is called, has the requisite little wooden rooms with a stove containing a pile of heated stones on to which water is sprinkled to produce the sauna heat, and showers and rest cubicles. Bunches of leafy birch twigs will also be available, price 2s. 6d., for bathers to whisk up their circulation; the sauna itself costs 15s. 1971Country Life 26 Aug. 512/3 It stands in six acres, with frontage to the river, and has a..sauna bath, stables, [etc.]. 1975N.Y. Times 13 Apr. x. 1/2 The sauna, otherwise known as the Finnish bath, is a wood-lined room with benches built up toward the ceiling. A special sauna stove (today, usually electric) heats small rocks piled atop it and the rocks in turn radiate a dry heat. 1976Times 22 July 4/4 The sauna-like conditions of the Oxford court during the [last] five weeks. 1978Morecambe Guardian 14 Mar. 15/3 Preparing for the play involved the cast in a trip to the sauna suite at Lancaster Baths.
▪ II. ˈsauna, v.
[f. the n.]
intr. To take a bath in a sauna, to visit a sauna.
1967J. Eastwood Little Dragon from Peking iv. 28 Do you sauna? 1972Vogue June 118/1 You could retire here to..shower, sauna, ring your friends. |