Part 950

<hw>Bate"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[For <er>Abatement</er>. See 2d <er>Bate</er>.]</ety> <def>Abatement; diminution.</def>

<i>Moxon.</i>

<cs><col>Batement light</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a window or one division of a window having vertical sides, but with the sill not horizontal, as where it follows the rake of a staircase.</cd></cs>

<h1>Batfish</h1> <Xpage=124>

<hw>Bat"fish`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A name given to several species of fishes: <sd>(a)</sd> The <i>Malthe vespertilio</i> of the Atlantic coast. <sd>(b)</sd> The flying gurnard of the Atlantic (<spn>Cephalacanthus spinarella</spn>). <sd>(c)</sd> The California batfish or sting ray (<spn>Myliobatis Californicus</spn>.)</def>

<h1>Batfowler</h1> <Xpage=124>

<hw>Bat"fowl`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who practices or finds sport in batfowling.</def>

<h1>Batfowling</h1> <Xpage=124>

<hw>Bat"fowl`ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Bat</er> a stick.]</ety> <def>A mode of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost. The birds, flying to the light, are caught with nets or otherwise.</def>

<h1>Batful</h1> <Xpage=124>

<hw>Bat"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Icel. <ets>bati</ets> amelioration, <ets>batna</ets> to grow better; akin to AS. <ets>bet</ets> better. Goth. <ets>ga-batnan</ets> to profit. <?/255. Cf. <er>Batten</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>, <er>Better</er>.]</ety> <def>Rich; fertile.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Batful</i> valleys."

<i>Drayton.</i>

<h1>Bath</h1> <Xpage=124>

<hw>Bath</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Baths</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[AS. <ets>b\'91<?/</ets>; akin to OS. & Icel. <ets>ba<?/</ets>, Sw., Dan., D., & G. <ets>bad</ets>, and perh. to G. <ets>b\'84hen</ets> to foment.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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>as, a cold or a hot <ex>bath</ex>; a medicated <ex>bath</ex>; a steam <ex>bath</ex>; a hip <ex>bath</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Water or other liquid for bathing.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A receptacle or place where persons may immerse or wash their bodies in water.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A building containing an apartment or a series of apartments arranged for bathing.</def>

<blockquote>Among the ancients, the public <b>baths</b> were of amazing extent and magnificence. <i>Gwilt.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A medium, as heated sand, ashes, steam, hot air, through which heat is applied to a body.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Photog.)</fld> <def>A solution in which plates or prints are immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Bath</i> is used adjectively or in combination, in an obvious sense <i>of</i> or <i>for baths</i> or <i>bathing</i>; as, <i>bath</i>room, <i>bath</i> tub, <i>bath</i> keeper.</note>

<cs><col>Douche bath</col>. <cd>See <er>Douche</er>.</cd> -- <col>Order of the Bath</col>, <cd>a high order of British knighthood, composed of three classes, viz., knights grand cross, knights commanders, and knights companions, abbreviated thus: G. C. B., K. C. B., K. B.</cd> -- <col>Russian bath</col>, <cd>a kind of vapor bath which consists in a prolonged exposure of the body to the influence of the steam of water, followed by washings and shampooings.</cd> -- <col>Turkish bath</col>, <cd>a kind of bath in which a profuse perspiration is produced by hot air, after which the body is washed and shampooed.</cd> -- <col>Bath house</col>, <cd>a house used for the purpose of bathing; -- also a small house, near a bathing place, where a bather undresses and dresses.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Bath</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Heb.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

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<hw>Bath</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A city in the west of England, resorted to for its hot springs, which has given its name to various objects.</def>

<cs><col>Bath brick</col>, <cd>a preparation of calcareous earth, in the form of a brick, used for cleaning knives, polished metal, etc.</cd> -- <col>Bath chair</col>, <cd>a kind of chair on wheels, as used by invalids at Bath.</cd> "People walked out, or drove out, or were pushed out in their <i>Bath chairs<i>." <i>Dickens</i>. -- <col>Bath metal</col>, <cd>an alloy consisting of four and a half ounces of zinc and one pound of copper.</cd> -- <col>Bath note</col>, <cd>a folded writing paper, 8 1/2 by 14 inches.</cd> -- <col>Bath stone</col>, <cd>a species of limestone (o\'94lite) found near Bath, used for building.</cd></cs>

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