Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bathing"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Bathing \Bath"ing\, n.
Act of taking a bath or baths.

{Bathing machine}, a small room on wheels, to be driven into
the water, for the convenience of bathers, who undress and
dress therein.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Bathe \Bathe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bathed} (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bathing}.] [OE. ba?ien, AS. ba?ian, fr. b[ae]? bath. See 1st
{Bath}, and cf. {Bay} to bathe.]
1. To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.

Chancing to bathe himself in the River Cydnus.
--South.

2. To lave; to wet. ``The lake which bathed the foot of the
Alban mountain.'' --T. Arnold.

3. To moisten or suffuse with a liquid.

And let us bathe our hands in C[ae]sar's blood.
--Shak.

4. To apply water or some liquid medicament to; as, to bathe
the eye with warm water or with sea water; to bathe one's
forehead with camphor.

5. To surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person
immersed. ``The rosy shadows bathe me. '' --Tennyson.
``The bright sunshine bathing all the world.''
--Longfellow.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

bathing
n 1: immersing the body in water or sunshine
2: the act of washing yourself (or another person) [syn: {ablution},
{washup}]


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