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Bath
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A building containing an apartment or a series of apartments arranged for bathing.
(2):
(n.) A medium, as heated sand, ashes, steam, hot air, through which heat is applied to a body.
(3):
(n.) 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.
(4):
(n.) A solution in which plates or prints are immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution.
(5):
(n.) A receptacle or place where persons may immerse or wash their bodies in water.
(6):
(n.) 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.
(7):
(n.) A city in the west of England, resorted to for its hot springs, which has given its name to various objects.
(8):
(n.) Water or other liquid for bathing.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bath'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/bath.html. 1828.
