2. Noun. An enclosed public swimming pool; originally a place having individual cubicles where people without bathrooms could have a bath. ¹
3. Verb. (third-person singular of bath) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Baths
1. bath [n] - See also: bath
Medical Definition of Baths
1. The immersion or washing of the body or any of its parts in water or other medium for cleansing or medical treatment. It includes bathing for personal hygiene as well as for medical purposes with the addition of therapeutic agents, such as alkalines, antiseptics, oil, etc. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baths
Literary usage of Baths
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. London and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1908)
"baths. (Those marked t are or include Turkish bathe; those marked § have swimming
basins.) Hot and cold bathe of various kinds may Ъе obtained at the baths ..."
2. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"Б. An arrangement or apparatus for bathing ; hence, an apartment or building
containing baths. The object of bathing is improvement of the bodily health, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"baths of ptat earth are of comparatively recent origin, ... The strangeness of
the baths of animal substances, that have been at various times in use, ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"Different subjects react differently to cold baths taken under the same conditions.
... The baths are often followed by an increased flow of urine, ..."
5. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquitiesby William George Smith, Charles Anthon by William George Smith, Charles Anthon (1870)
"consul's wife who turned the men out of their baths at Teanum for her ...
In addition to this, Vitruvius expressly enjoins that the baths of the men and ..."
6. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1847)
"The richer sort have private baths in their houses ; the poorer go to the common,
... I. 3. makes mention of one hundred several baths at Fez in Africa, ..."
7. Diet in Health and Disease by Julius Friedenwald, John Ruhräh (1907)
"Apart from the appreciable stimulus, baths of various temperatures act directly upon
... baths may be divided according to their temperature into tepid or ..."
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