bathn.1
/bɑːθ//baθ/ I. The action of bathing; the state of being bathed.† 2. The immersion or washing of baptism. Obsolete.
1. The action of bathing or immersing the body, or a part of it, in water or other liquid. (Used playfully of accidental or involuntary immersion.)Preceded by words indicating differences in the mode of application, or the part of the body subjected to it: thus, douche-bath, hip-bath, plunge-bath, shower-bath, sitz-bath, sponge-bath. Phrase, to take a bath.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing
bathc1000
baining1528
bathing?1541
balneation1646
tubbinga1845
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > a bath
bathc1000
balne1471
bain1477
water bath1605
tosh1881
c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 244 Bæþ him egleð swiðost æfter mete.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iii. xxiv. 74 A bathe in cold water.
1705 F. Fuller Medicina Gymnastica Pref. sig. a4 A Warm Bath is..suppos'd..to be only a kind of a last Resort.
1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxv. 385 He had imprudently taken a bath at too high a temperature.
1851 C. Kingsley Yeast iv. 75 Well, my man..how are you after your cold-bath? You are the heaviest fish I ever landed.
1885 N.E.D. at Bath Mod. The dripping trees gave us a gratuitous shower-bath.
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society > faith > worship > sacrament > baptism > kinds of baptism > by immersion > [noun]
bathc885
plunginga1398
immersiona1631
tinction1657
mersion1659
immersionism1845
c885 tr. Orosius Hist. vi. xxxiv. §4 Hu hi hine bædan rihtes geleafan, and fullwihtes bæþes.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 23 Al swa clenliche swa crist ha þe bitahte on þas fulhtes beðe.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 18044 Þurrh shriffte & þurrh dædbotess baþþ. & ec þurrh beȝȝske tæress.
3. By extension: The action of immersing the body in, or surrounding it with, any medium, such as vapour, hot air, mud, to produce effects analogous to those of bathing.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by gas, air, or fumes > [noun] > exposure to fumes or vapour
fumigationc1400
suffumigation1422
subjugation?a1425
evaporation1583
suffume1656
vapour-bathing1766
bath1771
1771 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. (ed. 4) 294 The last Remedy he used was dry Baths.. performed with Spirit of Wine.
4. The state of being suffused with a liquid, as perspiration.
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > [noun]
wetnessc950
wethead1379
batha1616
madefication1727
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. v. 109 And in the height of this Bath..to be throwne into the Thames. View more context for this quotation
1714 B. Mandeville Fable Bees i. 219 His Head all over in a Bath of Sweat.
1783 Ainsworth's Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (new ed.) i To be all in a bath, sudore diffluere.
5. bath of blood n. [German blutbad] figurative carnage.
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the world > life > death > killing > slaughter > [noun] > instance of
slaughter1483
Sicilian Vespers1586
plot of the long knivesa1604
blood feast?1611
Parisian matins1614
Parisian massacre1657
bloodbath1814
Roman holiday1818
holocaust1833
bath of blood1882
pogrom1889
bloodfest1907
blood purge1959
1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 207 Once more began the bath of blood for the hapless race.
II. The liquid or element in which one bathes.† 7. The water of baptism. Obsolete.† 8. A spring of water (chiefly hot or impregnated with minerals) suitable for bathing. Obsolete.
6. A quantity of water or other liquid prepared for bathing.With premodifier indicating differences in the nature or temperature of the liquid used: thus, hot bath, warm bath, tepid bath, cold bath, salt bath, freshwater bath.
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the world > matter > liquid > [noun] > a quantity of > for bathing
bathc885
c885 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. iv. xix On hátum baðum.
OE Cynewulf Juliana 581 Ða se hearda bibead þæt mon þæt lamfæt leades gefylde, ond þa onbærnan het bælfira mæst, ad onælan, se wæs æghwonan ymbboren mid brondum. Bæð hate weol.
a1200 Moral Ode 218 His baþ scal bon wallinde [v.r. in Early Eng. Poems. 29 His beað scal beo wallinde pich].
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 7481 A bathe of water, nouther hate ne cald.
c1440 Gesta Romanorum i. 2 Be nakid, and go into a baþ þat I shalle make for the.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. AAAiii To some..the hote fornace of fyer hath ben moche pleasaunt, as a temperat bathe.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. vii. 63 Conducted to a gentle Bath, And Balmes applyed to you. View more context for this quotation
a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) v. i. 263 They put him into a bathe of fresh water.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 80. ⁋5 To rise the next Morning and plunge into the Cold Bath.
1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. xviii. 335 Countess, your bath is ready.
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society > faith > artefacts > consumables > water > [noun] > used for baptism
watereOE
font watereOE
bathOE
cold watera1387
OE Blickling Homilies 27 He of þam fulwihtes bæþe eode.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 290 Þreo baððes he greiðede to his deore leofmon. for to weschen hire inham..Þe earste bað is fullocht.
1548 T. Cranmer Catechismus sig. Eeiv The water of Baptisme, whiche Paule calleth the bathe of regeneration.
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the world > the earth > water > spring > [noun] > suitable for bathing
bath864
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments using water > [noun] > taking medicinal waters > a medicinal spring
bath864
baina1552
spring1567
spa1626
well1632
onsen1896
864 Cod. Dipl. 290 Æt þam hátum baðum.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 7 Þat water of Baþe..þat euer ys yliche hot..Suche baþes þer beþ fele in þe clos & in þe stret.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. viii. 88 In that Bathe was wont to come Watre fro Paradys.
?1520 J. Rastell Nature .iiii. Element sig. A.iv Ye cause of the bathys of water in the yerth whiche be perpetually hote.
1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 1 That I may say nothing of healthfull Bathes.
1692 T. Ken Prayers for Baths 8 Look..on the Bath, as a..propitious Work of Divine Providence.
9.
a. Any particular liquid or mixture of liquids applied to the body to produce a certain remedial effect; a wash or lotion wherewith to bathe the whole or any part of the body, or to immerse animals, or objects of any kind, in order to expose them to its effects. Cf. 16, 17.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > lotion or bath > [noun]
lotion?a1425
lavatoryc1475
washing?1541
bath1542
lolion1549
lavament1598
lavature1601
irrigation1617
wash1626
1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII viii. §3 To..minister..to anie outwarde sore..herbes, oyntmentes, bathes, pultes and emplasters.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 378 To bath his Legges with this bath.
1610 G. Markham Maister-peece ii. lxxxii. 363 Make a bathe or pultus thereof, and lay it to the sicke member.
1885 N.E.D. at Bath Mod. One of the best baths for sheep now in use.
b. In the hydropathic treatment of disease, any yielding medium, as water (natural or medicated), mud, sand, etc., in which the body is bathed or immersed, or with which it is sprayed or showered: for examples see douche bath n. at douche n. Compounds, mudbath n., needle-bath n. at needle n. Compounds 2, sand-bath n. 2, shower bath n., Turkish adj. and n. bath.
10. figurative and transferred. Any enveloping or surrounding medium, producing effects analogous to those of bathing.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun] > enfolding or enveloping > that which or one who > an enveloping medium
mantleeOE
bathc1386
middle1570
swathe1615
medium1664
c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale 397 His herte bathid in a bath of blisse.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. ii. 36 Sleepe..The death of each dayes Life, sore Labors Bath . View more context for this quotation
1871 S. Smiles Character iii. 73 Enjoying a bath of sunshine.
1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion ii. v. 84 Bath of dazzling Day, Take these spent limbs, revive the old Titan blood.
III. A receptacle, apartment, or place for bathing.
11. A vessel or receptacle intended to contain water for the purpose of bathing. (Cf. 17.)
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > vessel for bathing in
laver1340
washela1375
lavatory1447
baina1492
bath-fatc1540
bathing-tub1583
batha1616
tub1776
Moab1865
bath-tub1869
bath vat1874
bogy1893
a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. iii. 87 Season the slaues for Tubbes and Bathes . View more context for this quotation
1631 R. Bolton Instr. Right Comf. Affl. Consciences 341 It is nothing to swimme in a warme Bath.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. xvii. 104 And plung'd his feet into a polish'd bath.
1885 N.E.D. at Bath Mod. Baths for sale or hire. To run the water out of the bath.
12. An apartment arranged for bathing, or a building containing a series of such apartments; (the latter usually plural). Now esp. a room where one may bathe, a bathroom.In Britain chiefly used as an advertising term for bathroom; in somewhat more general use in North America.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > place for bathing > bath-house
wash-housec1000
baina1513
bath1591
bathing-house1598
public bath1611
bagnio1615
balneo1659
bath house1705
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > place for bathing > bathroom
bathing-rooma1684
bathroom1685
private bath1771
bath1922
wet room1982
1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Rome in Complaints xxvii These wals, these arcks, these baths, these temples hie.
a1610 J. Healey tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) xxxi. 39 You cannot builde it a schoole, an Exchange, or a Bathe.
1760 E. Burke Ess. Abridgm. Eng. Hist. 33 A fondness for baths, for gardens, for grand houses.
1844 tr. M. T. Asmar Mem. Babylonian Princess II. 30 At the principal bath in Beyroot.
1879 Boy's Own P. 118/2 The Autumn swimming fête was held at the Lambeth Baths.
1922 S. Lewis Babbitt x. 141 I think I can let you have a room with bath.
1939 O. Lancaster Homes Sweet Homes 66 Three bed, two bath, a kitchen and all the usual offices.
1953 G. V. Carey Amer. into Eng. 34 Bath, sometimes denotes in American (scarcely ever in English) ‘bathroom’: ‘He went into the bath for a shower.’ ‘In the bath there was no shower but only a bathtub.’
1967 ‘R. Raine’ Wreath for Amer. vii. 55 You've got a room booked for me, a single room with bath.
1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Feb. 43/8 (advt.) Don Mills townhouse, 3 bedrooms, 1½ baths.
13. A place for undergoing medical treatment by bathing and similar remedial agencies; a town resorted to for the sake of such treatment, e.g. Matlock Bath. Usually in plural. Cf. Bath n.2
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the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > place to which invalids resort > spa
bath1562
balneary1646
wells1673
spa1781
springs1849
Kurort1868
1562 W. Turner Bk. Natures Bathes Eng. f. 1, in 2nd Pt. Herball Of the bathe of Baeth..The bath of England is..in a city called in Latin Bathonia, and Baeth in Englishe, of the bathes yt are in it.
1572 J. Jones (title) The Bathes of Bathes Ayde.
1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon iii. x. 487 At liberty to go as far as the Frontier to the Baths at Banieres.
1739 J. Huxham Ess. Fevers (1750) iii. 30 Sent him to use the Waters at the Bath.
1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 52 His wife a faded beauty of the Baths.
IV. Transferred uses in science and the arts.† 14. (St.) Mary's Bath in Alchemy, etc.: see bain-marie n. Obsolete.
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the world > matter > chemistry > equipment or apparatus > [noun] > general vessels > baths > of water
balneum1471
(St.) Mary's Batha1475
bath1599
water bath1599
a1475 Bk. Quinte Essence (1889) 13 Putte by .vij. daies to encorpere wel..in þe bath of marien.
1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. iii. sig. D4 F. is come ouer the helme too, I thanke my Maker, in S. Maries bath . View more context for this quotation
1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) Maries Bath, Bain de Marie.
15. Chemistry. (See quot. 1846.)
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the world > matter > chemistry > equipment or apparatus > [noun] > general vessels > baths > of water
balneum1471
(St.) Mary's Batha1475
bath1599
water bath1599
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 54 Bath it 3 dayes after other, euery day in a water bath.
1709 G. Wilson Chym. Expl. 3rd Table The Sand Bath of the digesting Furnace.
1709 G. Wilson Chym. Expl. 8th Table The moist Bath of the Athanor.
1846 G. N. Wright Cream Sci. Knowl. 37 Bath in Chemistry, is a contrivance for producing a steady heat at high temperature, or at a temperature not exceeding that of boiling water. In the former, the substance to be heated is placed in a vessel immersed in sand, and this is called a sand-bath; in the latter water is employed instead, and this is called a water-bath, or balneum Mariæ.
16.
a. Dyeing, A preparation of colouring liquid in which the dyer immerses his cloth, etc.
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the world > matter > colour > colouring > colouring matter > [noun] > dye > liquid in vat
floata1500
vat1755
bath1791
white bath1791
pastel-vat1838
swimming-tub1839
1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing I. i. i. i. 19 Each of them he dyed separately in a cochineal bath.
b. spec. in dung-bath: see dung n.1 Compounds 2; long bath, a dilute bath in which chemical action is comparatively slow; short bath, a concentrated bath; single bath, one in which the whole operation is completed; standing bath, one that is used continuously; white bath: see white adj. and n. Compounds 1f.
17. Photography, A solution in which photographic plates or prints are immersed, for the purposes of ‘sensitizing,’ fixing, toning, washing, etc.; the vessel in which the solution is contained.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > chemicals > [noun] > bath
bath1861
1861 Photogr. News Alm. in Circle of Sci. 160/1 A thirty-five grain nitrate bath..is the best sensitising solution.
c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 148/2 The choice of a ‘bath’..for rendering a coated plate sensitive, has been a subject of great discussion amongst photographers.
1869 Eng. Mech. 17 Dec. 335/1 It varies with the strength of the..albumenising..bath.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) II. 65 For the sensitising of the late, a glass or porcelain bath will be required.
1882 W. de W. Abney Instruct. Photogr. 109 The ordinary negative bath is used.
18. Metallurgy, ‘A mass of molten material in a furnace.’ Raymond Mining Gloss. 1881.
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1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 106 Bath, a mass of molten material in a furnace, or of solution in a tank.
V. An order of knighthood.
19.
a. Order of the Bath n. a high order of British knighthood. (So called from the bath which preceded installation.)
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] > order > knighthood > Order of the Bath
Order of the Bath1610
red ribbon1652
1610 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes (ed. 2) Ep. Ded. My most especiall good friend Sir Peter Manwood knight of the Bath.
1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 359 Those of the Bath were anciently mongst the old Franks. [See the whole passage.]
1747 J. Lind Lett. Navy (1757) i. 45 To wear..a star as the knights of the Bath do.
1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 24/2 The re-modelling of the Order of the Bath was dated January 2, 1815.
b. Short for: Bath King of Arms, the herald or marshal of the order.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldry > herald > [noun] > King of Arms > Bath
bath1725
1725 London Gaz. No. 6382/4 Bath King of Arms then made his Reverences. Bath then delivered the Collar of the Order.
Phrases
to take a bath: to bathe, esp. in a place or vessel prepared for the purpose; (now chiefly) to wash oneself in a bath.
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1602 W. Watson tr. E. Pasquier Iesuites Catech. iii. f. 130 She was the next day, to take a bath by the appointment of her Phisitions.
1639 R. Freeman Imperiale v. iii. sig. Givv My wife And daughter with their maids may all be busie, For I suppose they were to take a bath.
1785 tr. F. de Tott Mem. I. i. 160 Some of the Women..take the Bath for themselves alone.
1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1777 II. 153 He..walked in his room naked, with the window open, which he called taking an air bath.
1887 K. O'Meara Narka, the Nihilist viii. 84 He was taking a bath when I knocked just now.
1925 W. Cather Professor's House ii. i. 180 The minute a man got in from his run, he took a bath, put on citizen's clothes, and went to a barber.
1928 Amer. Mercury Oct. 202/2 She had hoped to reduce and regain some of her old charm by taking sea baths.
1960 L. Wright Clean & Decent 264 A statistician tells us that of our neighbours on a London bus today, one in five never takes a bath.
2002 C. Slaughter Before Knife (2003) v. 91 Take a bath, brush your hair, put on some shoes.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a. † bath-fat n. Obsolete (= sense 11.)
bath-bed n.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > other medical equipment > [noun] > other miscellaneous equipment
wresting thread1616
tractors1798
tetanomotor1860
examining table1877
wire instrumenta1884
wristband1884
nasal spray1888
mackintosh sheet1889
gas mask1892
bath-bed1894
inspissator1897
Murphy's button1899
trembling-chair1899
solenoid1901
sunray1921
oxygenator1928
white cane1930
white stick1930
microdrive1955
photocoagulator1965
bubble1966
stimoceiver1967
hospital gown1970
smart pill1988
1894 Daily News 8 Oct. 7/1 The appliances for treatment of special diseases, such as bath beds for typhoid.
bath-brush n.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > cloth, sponge, etc., used in bathing
bath-cloth1618
vegetable sponge1837
loof1865
wool-sponge1879
loofah1887
bath-sponge1889
bath-brush1895
1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 103/2 Combined Bath and Flesh Brushes..for wet or dry use.
1900 H. Lawson On Track 72 In the other hand she carried her tooth-brush and bath-brush, and soap.
bath-cloth n.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > cloth, sponge, etc., used in bathing
bath-cloth1618
vegetable sponge1837
loof1865
wool-sponge1879
loofah1887
bath-sponge1889
bath-brush1895
1618 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Sat. 4z They fold the bath-cloaths.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > vessel for bathing in
laver1340
washela1375
lavatory1447
baina1492
bath-fatc1540
bathing-tub1583
batha1616
tub1776
Moab1865
bath-tub1869
bath vat1874
bogy1893
c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. xii. v. f. 175v/1 The thrid sonne Johne Stewart was..slane in ye Cannongait in ane baith fatt.
bath-gown n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown > types of > dressing gown > other
night-rail1552
peignoir1835
shawl dressing-gown1837
roundabout1856
negligée1862
fire-gown1870
bath-robe1902
bath-gown1909
1909 Westm. Gaz. 19 Aug. 5/3 The dressing-and bath-gowns.
bath-keeper n.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > place for bathing > bath-house > baths keeper or attendant
bain keeper1569
bath-keeper1591
bathera1610
1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Bañador A bathe keeper.
bath-mat n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [noun] > mat > for bathroom
bath-mat1895
pedestal mat1962
1895 Army & Navy Co-op. Soc. Price List 190 Felt Bath Mats.
1927 M. de la Roche Jalna vii. 82 She stepped dripping on to the thick bath mat.
bath-night n.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > time of bath
bath-time1907
bath-night1921
1921 D. H. Lawrence Phoenix (1936) 15 It was Saturday night—bath-night.
1925 W. de la Mare Broomsticks 367 Even though it was ‘bath-night’ on Saturday.
bath oil n.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > preparations for perfuming or softening bath-water
bath-powder1907
bath salts1907
bath essence1911
bath bomb1925
bubble bath1946
bath cubes1959
bath oil1962
oil bath1990
1962 Guardian 5 Dec. 6/4 ‘Arpège’ Bath Oil, 43s. 6d., will do 30 baths.
1968 K. Bird Smash Glass Image iii. 43 My array of bath oils and talcum powder.
bath-powder n.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > preparations for perfuming or softening bath-water
bath-powder1907
bath salts1907
bath essence1911
bath bomb1925
bubble bath1946
bath cubes1959
bath oil1962
oil bath1990
1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 536/2 Parma violet bath powder and water softener.
1923 W. A. Poucher Perfumes & Cosmetics 327 Bath Powders are generally..highly perfumed.
1940 N. Marsh Surfeit of Lampreys (1941) viii. 115 Her round face shone and she smelt of bath powder.
bath-sponge n.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > cloth, sponge, etc., used in bathing
bath-cloth1618
vegetable sponge1837
loof1865
wool-sponge1879
loofah1887
bath-sponge1889
bath-brush1895
1889 Cent. Dict. 474/3 Bath sponge.
1927 J. B. S. Haldane & J. S. Huxley Animal Biol. xii. 266 Our bath-sponges..are colonial, composed of a large number of sponge-bodies aggregated together.
bath-stove n.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > stove > types of stove
bath-stove1591
pech1591
stewpot1688
kitchen range1733
cockle1775
copper-hole1785
Franklin stove1787
kitchen stove1795
gas stove1818
calefactor1831
thermometer-stove1838
Vesta1843
airtight1844
ship-hearth1858
base-burner1861
wood-stove1875
box1878
tortoise1884
wood-burner1901
Quebec heater1903
pot belly1920
cosy stove1926–7
oil stove1934
paraffin stove1995
1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth xxviii. f. 12v Made lyke the Germane bathstoaues.
bath-time n.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > time of bath
bath-time1907
bath-night1921
1907 A. Bennett Grim Smile of Five Towns 40 He isn't used to you at bath-time.
bath-tub n.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > vessel for bathing in
laver1340
washela1375
lavatory1447
baina1492
bath-fatc1540
bathing-tub1583
batha1616
tub1776
Moab1865
bath-tub1869
bath vat1874
bogy1893
1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xix. 187 They were going to put all three of us in one bath-tub.
1884 Cent. Mag. Dec. 266/2 English earthenware bath-tubs.
bath-waste n.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] > waste water > that has been used for washing
washingsc1330
washc1440
dishwater1484
dish-wash1592
rinsing1703
dish-washings1771
sindings1823
wash-water1853
bath-waste1936
1936 Discovery Aug. 244/1 The trunk sprang from near the cement bath-waste channel... A large, shining drop of water splashed from the bath waste pipe.
1958 J. Betjeman Coll. Poems 142 All the bells of all the churches Sounded in the bath-waste running out into the frosty air.
bath-water n.
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a1350 S. Eng. Legendary (E.E.T.S.) (1956) I. 46 A uat þer stod of baþ water [a1325 of baþ].
1891 Babyhood VII. 143/2 After the baby is three months old, the temperature of the bath water should be gradually reduced..until 80 degrees is reached.
1922 Mrs. P. Campbell Let. 7 Jan. in Bernard Shaw & Mrs. P. Campbell (1952) 239 As to ‘Relativity’, I read somewhere that it is a philosophy that ‘empties the baby out with the bath water’.
1957 E. Gowers H. W. Fowler 14 We can rid ourselves of those grammarians' fetishes which make it more difficult to be intelligible without throwing the baby away with the bath-water.
1978 E. Gundrey Simple Plumbing 51 To siphon bathwater out to re-use for household cleaning..two people are needed.
b.
bath-loving adj.
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bath cubes n. toilet preparations for softening or perfuming bath-water.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > preparations for perfuming or softening bath-water
bath-powder1907
bath salts1907
bath essence1911
bath bomb1925
bubble bath1946
bath cubes1959
bath oil1962
oil bath1990
1959 A. Wesker Roots ii. ii. 53 These bath cubes smell beautiful.
bath essence n.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > preparations for perfuming or softening bath-water
bath-powder1907
bath salts1907
bath essence1911
bath bomb1925
bubble bath1946
bath cubes1959
bath oil1962
oil bath1990
1911 M. Beerbohm Zuleika Dobson xxi. 302 Eau de Violettes was the bath-essence that Zuleika always had.
1954 E. Jenkins Tortoise & Hare viii. 75 The bland scent of expensive soap and bath essence.
bath house n. a building equipped with facilities for bathing, occasionally public baths; U.S., a place where one may change into beach clothes at the seaside, etc.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > place for bathing > bath-house
wash-housec1000
baina1513
bath1591
bathing-house1598
public bath1611
bagnio1615
balneo1659
bath house1705
1705 London Gaz. No. 4139/7 The Bath House at Buxton.
1800 W. Bentley Diary (1907) II. 399 I bathed in the river this evening, and the Bath House was opened for the first time.
1851 C. Cist Sketches & Statistics Cincinnati 167 There are several public bath houses.
1882 H. Lansdell Through Siberia I. 192 Out-houses, such as kitchen-house and bath-house.
bath-robe n. originally U.S. a dressing-gown, esp. one made of towelling.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown > types of > dressing gown > other
night-rail1552
peignoir1835
shawl dressing-gown1837
roundabout1856
negligée1862
fire-gown1870
bath-robe1902
bath-gown1909
1902 Sears Catal. (ed. 112) 846/2 Fine Terry Cloth Bath Robe with Hood.
1905 Smart Set Sept. 155/2 A red eiderdown bath-robe.
1924 A. D. Sedgwick Little French Girl ii. v. 139 One undressed in one's room and ran out over the cliff-top in espadrilles and bath-robe.
bath salts n.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > preparations for perfuming or softening bath-water
bath-powder1907
bath salts1907
bath essence1911
bath bomb1925
bubble bath1946
bath cubes1959
bath oil1962
oil bath1990
1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 536/1 Bath Salts (Fragrant)..will instantly soften the hardest water.
1920 A. Huxley Limbo 236 A very hot bath with lots of verbena bath-salts.
1930 J. B. Priestley Angel Pavement viii. 411 My worthy employeress's terribly expensive bath salts.
bath-sheet n. a large bath-towel.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > rubbing with towel > towel > bath-towel
rubber1577
bath-towel1863
bath-sheet1899
1899 Westm. Gaz. 3 Jan. 3/2 The bath-sheets..seem to become masses of vibrating silver.
1911 E. M. Dell Way of Eagle lvi. 401 He stepped from the tent, clad loosely in a bath-sheet.
bath-towel n. a large towel.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > rubbing with towel > towel > bath-towel
rubber1577
bath-towel1863
bath-sheet1899
1863 C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 24 Oct. 206/1 A piece of sculptured drapery resembling the effigy of Titbull's bath-towel.
1903 Town & Country 24 Jan. 2/1 There's..a bath room with hot and cold water, soap, and real bath towels.
1967 Guardian 5 Sept. 4/6 Enormous great bath towels..as big as the bath sheets in Swiss hotels.
bath-towelling n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric for specific purpose > [noun] > for towels
towelling1582
bath-towelling1880
roller towelling1881
1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths II. 19 A dozen yards of bath towelling.
1926 ‘R. Crompton’ William—the Conqueror iv. 65 Henry's was made of bath towelling and was rather conspicuous in design.
bath-tub gin n. a concoction of spirits simulating gin (originally used to designate illicitly manufactured liquor).
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > gin > [noun] > inferior gin
ruin1819
allsorts1823
bluestone1880
bath-tub gin1930
1930 C. Beaton Diary Dec. in Wandering Years (1961) 196 Five-star scotch or bathtub gin.
1967 Boston Sunday Herald 26 Mar. iv. 1/1 Marijuana has become the Bathtub Gin of the 1960s.
bath vat n. now poetic = sense 11; cf. bath-fat n. at Compounds 1a.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > vessel for bathing in
laver1340
washela1375
lavatory1447
baina1492
bath-fatc1540
bathing-tub1583
batha1616
tub1776
Moab1865
bath-tub1869
bath vat1874
bogy1893
1874 A. C. Swinburne Bothwell ii. xviii. 216 A cover for his bath-vat.
1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. viii. 141 He gat him up out of the bath-vat.
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bath bomb n. a ball or other shaped item made of a perfumed substance or mixture which dissolves when placed in water (typically with effervescence), and is used to give bathwater fragrance and colour.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > preparations for perfuming or softening bath-water
bath-powder1907
bath salts1907
bath essence1911
bath bomb1925
bubble bath1946
bath cubes1959
bath oil1962
oil bath1990
1925 Quincy (Illinois) Daily Herald 27 Nov. 9/6 (advt.) Saturday sale of toilet goods... Bath salts... Bath bombs.
1988 Daily Tel. 17 Sept. (Weekend Mag.) 6/3 New ranges on offer include..the roll of Aqua Sizzler tablet bath salts..and the Blackberry Bath Bomb..which gives off blasts of health salts.
2021 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 22 Feb. If you're new to bath-related self-care, bath bombs are little pucks of scent and salt. They fizz and turn dips into a multi-sensory experience.
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Bathn.2
/bɑːθ//baθ/ a. A well-known city in the west of England, so called from its hot springs. Cf. bath n.1 13.
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973 Anglo-Saxon Chron. On ðære ealdan byrig Acemannes ceastre, éac hi, oðre worde, beornas Baðan nemnað.
1130 Anglo-Saxon Chron. Godefreith of Bathe.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 7 Þat water of Baþe..þat euer ys yliche hot..Suche baþes þer beþ fele in þe clos & in þe stret.
1562 W. Turner Bk. Natures Bathes Eng. f. 1, in 2nd Pt. Herball Of the bathe of Baeth..The bath of England is..in a city called in Latin Bathonia, and Baeth in Englishe, of the bathes yt are in it.
a1640 P. Massinger Parl. of Love (1976) ii. iii. 93 The farr famd English Bath, or German Spaw.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 179. ¶7 An Under-Citizen of the Bath.
1727 R. Newton Expl. Univ. Educ. Reduced 13 To take Oxford and Blenheim in his Way to the Bath.
1759 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 25 Sept. I am going to the Bath, with more opinion of..the change of air, than of the waters.
b. As a place of consignment for a person one does not wish to see again, in the phrase to go to Bath, chiefly used imperatively.
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1840 R. H. Barham Grey Dolphin in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 83 ‘Go to Bath!’ said the Baron.
1858 W. M. Thackeray Virginians I. xvi. 127 She may go to Bath, or she may go to Jericho, for me.
1908 Daily Chron. 27 Oct. 6/6 A later use of the expression was ‘Go to Bath and get your head shaved’.
Compounds
C1. attributive of natural or artificial productions of the city, or of objects connected with it.
Bath water n. (also Bath water)
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments using water > [noun] > taking medicinal waters > a medicinal spring > water of
Bath water1673
Bristol-water1739
Harrogate water1771
1673 J. Locke Let. 14 Feb. in H. R. F. Bourne Life J. Locke (1876) I. 317 You may possibly bring home with you a new use of our Bath waters.
1693 E. Clarke Let. 2 Aug. in Rand Locke & Clarke (1927) 379 Whether advisable to drink the Bath water, if she be desirous of it, whilst she is with child.
1693 E. Clarke Let. 2 Aug. in Rand Locke & Clarke (1927) 379 Frequently asks if the Bath waters may not be drank here at home with good success.
1723 London Gaz. 6127/3 The Mayor..having appointed Carew Davis..Pumper of all the Bath-waters.
1836 Scenes Commerce 162 The Bath water is hot.
C2. Used as a specific description.
Bath-bun n.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > bun > [noun]
bun1371
wig1376
barley-bun1552
simnel cake1699
simlin1701
muffin1703
Chelsea bun1711
cross-bun1733
hot cross bun1733
penny bun1777
Sally Lunn1780
huffkin1790
Bath-bun1801
teacake1832
English muffin1842
saffron bun1852
Belgian bun1854
Valentine-bun1854
cinnamon roll1872
lunn1874
Yorkshire teacake1877
barmbrack1878
cinnamon bun1879
sticky bun1880
pan dulce1882
schnecke1899
wad1919
tabnab1933
1801 J. Austen Let. 3 Jan. (1995) 67 Disordering my Stomach with Bath bunns.
1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies iv. 177 And found that the moon was just the shape of a Bath bun.
bath-chap n.
bath-faggot n.
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1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 3. ¶7 Little Piles of notched Sticks, bound up together in Bundles, like Bath-Faggots.
bath-ring n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > ring > [noun] > other types of ring
kine-ringc1225
pontificala1500
hoop-ring1545
death's head1577
ring of remembrance1659
serjeant's ring1690
garter-ring1709
bath-ring1771
solitaire1832
regard ring1853
key ring1856
bodylet1870
portrait ring1877
tower-ring1877
whistle-ring1877
marquise1885
princess-ring1886
dinner ring1890
cluster ring1897
eternity ring1939
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 118 I send you two dozen of Bath rings... I don't know how you will approve of the mottoes.
1785 Archaeologia 7 104 A lock of hair which was so perfectly strong that I had it woven into Bath rings.
C3.
Bath asparagus n. a variety of Star of Bethlehem ( Ornithogalum pyrenaicum) with edible shoots.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > stalk vegetables > asparagus > types of
sprue1730
Bath asparagus1791
thorny asparagus1832
1791 J. Collinson Hist. & Antiq. Somerset I. p. xx Wood Star of Bethlehem or Bath Asparagus... The young shoots of it are eaten by the common people as asparagus.
1959 A. R. Clapham et al. Excursion Flora Brit. Isles 445 Very locally abundant in woods and scrub. Bath Asparagus.
Bath-brick n. a preparation of calcareous earth moulded in form of a brick, made at Bridgwater; used for cleaning polished metal.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > polishing > [noun] > implement for polishing > implements for polishing metal
Flanders tilea1399
white brick1468
Flanders brick1651
scratch-brush1797
buff1831
Bath-brick1837
scratch card1839
buffer1854
rag wheel1869
bob1879
buff-stick1881
scratch-knot1905
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vii. i. 340 Scanty ill-baked loaves, more like baked Bath bricks.
Bath-chair n. a large chair on wheels for invalids (both this and the preceding item are often written without a capital B).
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle pushed or pulled by person > [noun] > wheelchair
wheelchaira1684
garden chair1729
Merlin chair1791
Bath-chair1823
wheeled chair1847
1823 M. Wilmot Let. 30 Apr. (1935) 188 My dearest Mother, do you not make use of a Bath Chair?
1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer II. vi. 173 A Bath chairman.
1847 M. Edgeworth Let. 27 Aug. in Tour Connemara (1950) iv. 109 She cannot walk now beside Honora's Bath chair.
1860 E. Venables Isle of Wight 121 Bath chairs are always waiting the arrival of the steamers.
1873 M. E. Braddon Strangers & Pilgrims iii. xviii. 389 She..was brought here in a bath-chair.
Bath-coating n. a material formerly fashionable for male attire.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric for specific purpose > [noun] > for clothing > for other specific items of clothing
bleauntc1314
hosing1340
tays1350
belting1567
gartering1571
footing1707
girdling1720
petticoating1738
lungi1779
Bath-coating1791
trousering1830
costuming1833
jacketing1847
skirting1882
kitenge1960
1791 J. Lackington Memoirs xvii. 127 One [great coat] made of a coarse kind of Bath coating.
1875 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 12) i. i. ix. §3. 123 A waistcoat of Bath-coating or shag.
Bath coup n. a method of play in whist or bridge in which a player, who holds the ace, knave and another card of the same suit, refrains from taking his adversary's king.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [noun] > actions or tactics
echo1862
signal1864
Vienna Coup1864
Peter1885
Bath coup1897
promotion1900
finesse1902
switch1921
false-carding1923
squeeze1926
squeeze play1926
suicide squeeze1931
pseudo-squeeze1932
throw-in1932
suit preference signal1934
underlead1934
psyching1938
ruff and discard1939
hold-up1945
upper cut1955
safety play1959
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > whist > [noun] > actions or tactics
finessing1733
finesse1734
Whitechapel play1755
Blue Peter1856
Peter1885
Bath coup1897
Whitechapel1899
1897 R. F. Foster Compl. Hoyle 613 Bath Coup, holding up Ace Jack on a King led by an adversary.
1899 W. M. Butler Whist Ref. Book 51/1 The Bath Coup. A strategic play at whist which originated at Bath, England, in the time of Hoyle. The fourth hand, holding ace, jack, and others, refuses to take a king when it is led.
1936 E. Culbertson Contract Bridge Compl. xl. 456 The Bath Coup gains time by causing the opponents to waste an entry before they can establish their suit.
Bath Guide n. a popular ‘Society’ poem of the 18th cent., sometimes taken as a type of such verse.
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1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village (1863) I. 92 [He] bepommelled it through three pages of Bath-guide verses.
Bath-metal n. an alloy, consisting of 3 or 4 oz. of zinc to one pound of copper (Ure).
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > other alloys of copper and zinc
yellow metala1535
white brass1538
tombac1606
Prince's metal1682
Bath-metal1714
pinchbeck1734
Prince Rupert's metal1789
platina1790
oroide1869
Zamak1926
1714 Boston News-let. 7 June 2/2 A blew Coat..with wrought Bath metal Buttons.
1738 J. Wesley Let. 1 Dec. (1931) I. 276 Could not you purchase for me half a dozen Bath-metal tea-spoons?
1752 Philos. Trans. 1749–50 (Royal Soc.) 46 586 Platina..like Bath-metal, or cast Iron, brittle.
1958 A. D. Merriman Dict. Metall. 16/1 Bath metal, a silvery-white copper-zinc alloy which at one time was favoured for cheap table-ware. Approximate composition: Zn 45%, Cu 55%.
Bath Oliver n. an unsweetened biscuit said to have been invented by William Oliver (1695–1764), a physician of Bath; formerly simply Oliver.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > biscuit > [noun] > other biscuits
dorcake14..
cracknelc1440
hard breada1500
crackling1598
Naples biscuit1650
gingerbread man1686
chocolate biscuit1702
biscotin1723
sponge biscuit1736
maple biscuita1753
butter biscuit1758
nut1775
Oliver biscuit1786
funeral biscuit1790
rock biscuit?1790
ratafia1801
finger biscuit1812
Savoy drop1816
lady's finger1818
snap1819
Abernethy1830
pretzel1831
wine-biscuit1834
gingersnap1838
captain's biscuit1843
lebkuchen1847
simnel1854
sugar cookie1854
peppernut1862
McClellan pie1863
Savoy ring1866
Brown George1867
beaten biscuit1876
digestive1876
Osborne1876
Bath Oliver1878
marie1878
boer biscuit1882
charcoal biscuit1885
biscotti1886
fairing1888
snickerdoodle1889
pfeffernuss1891
zwieback1894
Nice1895
Garibaldi biscuit1896
Oswegoc1900
squashed fly1900
amaretto1905
boerebeskuit1905
Romary1905
petit beurre1906
Oswego biscuit1907
soetkoekie1910
Oreo1912
custard cream1916
Anzac1923
sweet biscuit1929
langue de chat1931
Bourbon biscuit1932
Afghan1934
flapjack1935
Florentine1936
chocolate chip cookie1938
choc chip cookie1940
Toll House cookie1940
tuile1943
pizzelle1949
black and white1967
Romany Cream1970
papri1978
1878 Official Guide & Album Cunard Steamship Co. 156/1 Bath Oliver.
1900 in J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Victorian Era (1909) 21/1 ‘Bobs’ fights on ‘Bath Olivers’.
1915 A. D. Gillespie Let. 14 June in Lett. from Flanders (1916) 320 The sausages [bombs] are rather like a Bath Oliver biscuit tin—only not quite so big—full of old nails and rusty scrap-iron.
1928 C. Mackenzie Extremes Meet 123 We had a periscope scare about five hours out from Malta... This time it was a Bath Oliver biscuit tin.
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Bath oolite n.
Bath-stone n. a building stone quarried from the oolite formation near Bath.
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1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 232 At Vichy, the oolite resembles our Bath stone in appearance.
Bath-post n. a sort of letter-paper.
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society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [noun] > paper for correspondence > types of
mourning paper1635
bank paper1696
bank post1801
foreign1825
Bath-post1837
bill-head1845
mourning notepaper1846
vellum post1847
bond papera1877
correspondence card1892
notehead1892
airmail paper1933
letterhead1939
notelet1955
bluey1989
1837 C. Dickens in Bentley's Misc. 1 53 Four sides of closely-written, gilt-edged, hot-pressed Bath post letter paper.
1845 Ainsworth's Mag. 7 26 They beheld their father..repiling the quires of Bath post.
c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 153/2 The plain Bath or satin post may be employed.
Bath White n. (also Bath White butterfly) a rare European pierid butterfly, Pontia daplidice, having the under side of the hind wing of a greenish colour spotted with white.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Pieridae > genus Pontia > member of (Bath white)
Bath White1795
1795 W. Lewin Insects Great Brit. 62 Bath White. Daplidice. Linnæus. This is a rare butterfly in England..named the Bath white, from a piece of needle work, executed at Bath, by a young lady, from a specimen of this insect, said to be taken near that place.
1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. Index Bath White B.
1885 W. F. de V. Kane European Butterflies 9 Pieris Daplidice L. The Bath White.
Bath cake n.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > other cakes
honey appleeOE
barley-cake1393
seed cakea1400
cake?a1425
pudding-cake?1553
manchet1562
biscuit cake1593
placent1598
poplin1600
jumbal1615
bread pudding1623
semel1643
wine-cakea1661
Shrewsbury cake1670
curd cake1675
fruitcake1687
clap-bread1691
simnel cake1699
orange-flower cake1718
banana cake1726
sweet-cake1726
torte1748
Naples cake1766
Bath cake1769
gofer1769
yeast-cake1795
nutcake1801
tipsy-cake1806
cruller1808
baba1813
lady's finger1818
coconut cake1824
mint cake1825
sices1825
cup-cake1828
batter-cake1830
buckwheat1830
Dundee seed cake1833
fat-cake1839
babka1846
wonder1848
popover1850
cream-cake1855
sly-cake1855
dripping-cake1857
lard-cake1858
puffet1860
quick cake1865
barnbrack1867
matrimony cake1871
brioche1873
Nelson cake1877
cocoa cake1883
sesame cake1883
marinade1888
mystery1889
oblietjie1890
stuffed monkey1892
Greek bread1893
Battenberg1903
Oswego cake1907
nusstorte1911
dump cake1912
Dobos Torte1915
lekach1918
buckle1935
Florentine1936
hash cake1967
space cake1984
1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper xi. 249 To make Bath Cakes.
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bathn.3
/bɑːθ/, /baθ/, U.S. /bæθ/ A Hebrew liquid-measure, containing about six and a half gallons.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > liquid measure of capacity > specific units of liquid measure > Hebrew units
hin1382
batha1398
log1530
bate1548
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxxviii. 1374 Batus is in fletynge þinges [emended in ed. to Batus is a mesure þat holdyth l. sextarius. And batus is in fletynge þinges], as cours and ephi in druye þinges.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xlv. 14 The oyle shal be measured with the Bat..Ten Battes make one Homer.
1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 99 Bath & Epha seeme to be both one measure.
1611 Bible (King James) Isa. v. 10 Ten acres of Vineyard shall yeeld one Bath . View more context for this quotation
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Bath, ten pottles in liquor.
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bathv.
/bɑːθ//baθ/ transitive. To subject to a bath; to wash or immerse in a bath. Differing from bathe in having a more distinct reference to bath n.1 11, and in being always literal.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > wash one's body or part of it [verb (transitive)] > bathe
bathec1000
bain1398
embain1593
tub1612
bath1660
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > wash oneself [verb (reflexive)] > bathe
washa1382
bathec1400
bain1577
bath1876
1483 Cath. Angl. 24 To bath or bathe, balneare.
c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iv. 296 A bath of þi blude to bath mans saule in.
c1616 R. C. Certaine Poems in Times' Whistle (1871) 116 That fountaine rather Where faire Diana with her nymphs doth bath her?]
1660 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 366 To London and saw the bath-ing..of the Knights of the Bath.
1876 G. MacDonald Thomas Wingfold He batht himself.
1885 N.E.D. at Bath Mod. The nurse who dresses and baths the younger children.
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