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Definition of Hot-water bag
1. Noun. A stoppered receptacle (usually made of rubber) that is to be filled with hot water and used for warming a bed or parts of the body.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hot-water Bag
Literary usage of Hot-water bag
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diseases of Women by Harry Sturgeon Crossen (1922)
"If a hot-water bag or Japanese stove is at hand put that over the poultice to
keep it hot. ... The hot-water bag produces almost the same effect as the hot ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1921)
"Hospitals <g=>8— Evidence of burning by hot-water bag held prima facie case of
negligence against hospital. Testimony, showing that an excessively hot-water ..."
3. The Practice of pediatrics by Charles Gilmore Kerley (1918)
"In earache, as a douche or by means of a hot-water bag. In toothache, by means
of a hot-water bag, or as hot water held in the mouth. ..."
4. Diagnosis and treatment of diseases of women by Harry Sturgeon Crossen (1915)
"If a hot-water bag or Japanese stove is at hand put that over the poultice to
... Hot=Water Bag. The hot-water bag produces almost the same effect as the ho ..."
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