Chapter Bated to Battery of B by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Bath
(Bath) n. A city in the west of England, resorted to for its hot springs, which has given its name to various objects.

Bath brick, a preparation of calcareous earth, in the form of a brick, used for cleaning knives, polished metal, etc. — Bath chair, a kind of chair on wheels, as used by invalids at Bath. "People walked out, or drove out, or were pushed out in their Bath chairs." Dickens. — Bath metal, an alloy consisting of four and a half ounces of zinc and one pound of copper. — Bath note, a folded writing paper, 8 1/2 by 14 inches. — Bath stone, a species of limestone (oölite) found near Bath, used for building.

Bathe
(Bathe) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bathed (ba&thligd); p. pr. & vb. n. Bathing.] [OE. baðien, AS. baðian, fr. bæð 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 Cæsar'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.

Bathe
(Bathe) v. i.

1. To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths. "They bathe in summer." Waller.

2. To immerse or cover one's self, as in a bath. "To bathe in fiery floods." Shak. "Bathe in the dimples of her cheek." Lloyd.

3. To bask in the sun. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Bathe
(Bathe), n. The immersion of the body in water; as, to take one's usual bathe. Edin. Rev.

Bather
(Bath"er) n. One who bathes.

Bathetic
(Ba*thet"ic) a. Having the character of bathos. [R.]

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.

Bathmism
(Bath"mism) n. See Vital force.

Bathometer
(Ba*thom"e*ter) n. [Gr. ba`qos depth + -meter.] An instrument for measuring depths, esp. one for taking soundings without a sounding line.

Bathorse
(Bat"horse`) n. [F. bât packsaddle (cheval de bât packhorse) + E. horse. See Bastard.] A horse which carries an officer's baggage during a campaign.