Part 951

<hw>Bathe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bathed</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bathing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>ba<?/ien</ets>, AS. <ets>ba<?/ian</ets>, fr. <ets>b\'91<?/</ets> bath. See 1st <er>Bath</er>, and cf. <er>Bay</er> to bathe.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.</def>

<blockquote>Chancing to <b>bathe</b> himself in the River Cydnus. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To lave; to wet.</def> "The lake which <i>bathed</i> the foot of the Alban mountain."

<i>T. Arnold.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To moisten or suffuse with a liquid.</def>

<blockquote>And let us <b>bathe</b> our hands in C\'91sar's blood. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To apply water or some liquid medicament to; <as>as, to <ex>bathe</ex> the eye with warm water or with sea water; to <ex>bathe</ex> one's forehead with camphor.</as></def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person immersed.</def> "The rosy shadows <i>bathe</i> me. " <i>Tennyson</i>. "The bright sunshine <i>bathing</i> all the world." <i>Longfellow</i>.

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<hw>Bathe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths.</def> "They <i>bathe</i> in summer."

<i>Waller.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To immerse or cover one's self, as in a bath.</def> "To <i>bathe</i> in fiery floods." <i>Shak</i>. "<i>Bathe</i> in the dimples of her cheek." <i>Lloyd</i>.

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To bask in the sun.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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<hw>Bathe</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The immersion of the body in water; as to take one's usual <i>bathe</i>.</def>

<i>Edin. Rev.</i>

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<hw>Bath"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who bathes.</def>

<h1>Bathetic</h1> <Xpage=124>

<hw>Ba*thet"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the character of bathos.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

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<hw>Bath"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Act of taking a bath or baths.</def>

<cs><col>Bathing machine</col>, <cd>a small room on wheels, to be driven into the water, for the convenience of bathers, who undress and dress therein.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bathmism</h1> <Xpage=124>

<hw>Bath"mism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Vital force</er>.</def>

<h1>Bathometer</h1> <Xpage=124>

<hw>Ba*thom"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> depth + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument for measuring depths, esp. one for taking soundings without a sounding line.</def>