单词 | sand-bath |
释义 | sand-bathn. 1. A vessel of heated sand used as an equable heater for retorts, etc. in various chemical proceses. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > equipment or apparatus > [noun] > general vessels > baths > of sand sand-furnace1666 sand-bath1677 sand-fire1677 1677 W. Harris tr. N. Lémery Course Chym. 11 These Furnaces may also serve for Distilling by the Refrigeratory, in..the Sand-Bath. 1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. 214 Set the retort in a sand-bath fixed over a reverberating furnace. 1880 C. Darwin & F. Darwin Power of Movement in Plants 178 Six of the radicles in a jar..which stood on a sand-bath, raised to a temperature varying from 76° to 82° F., became hooked. 2. A medicinal bath of heated sand or sea-sand. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment with mud, sand, etc. > [noun] pication1684 arenation1717 saburration1763 earth bath1765 mudbath1782 sand-bath1869 moor bath1878 fangotherapy1903 pelotherapy1933 1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey I. 75 We saw a patient undergoing the sand-bath..for rheumatism. 3. A bath taken by fowls in sand; a dust-bath. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [noun] > cleaning > bath taken in sand or dust sand-bath1891 1891 in Cent. Dict. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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