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 Bath n.; pl. Baths
 1. 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, a cold or a hot bath; a medicated bath; a steam bath; a hip bath.
 2. Water or other liquid for bathing.
 3. A receptacle or place where persons may immerse or wash their bodies in water.
 4. A building containing an apartment or a series of apartments arranged for bathing.
    Among the ancients, the public baths were of amazing extent and magnificence.   --Gwilt.
 5. Chem. A medium, as heated sand, ashes, steam, hot air, through which heat is applied to a body.
 6. Photog. A solution in which plates or prints are immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution.
 Note: ☞ Bath is used adjectively or in combination, in an obvious sense of or for baths or bathing; as, bathroom, bath tub, bath keeper.
 Douche bath. See Douche.
 Order of the Bath, 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.
 Russian bath, 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.
 Turkish bath, a kind of bath in which a profuse perspiration is produced by hot air, after which the body is washed and shampooed.
 Bath house, a house used for the purpose of bathing; -- also a small house, near a bathing place, where a bather undresses and dresses.

 Baths
    The use of the bath was very frequent among the Hebrews (Lev.
    14:8; Num. 19:19, ect.). The high priest at his inauguration
    (Lev. 8:6), and on the day of atonement, was required to bathe
    himself (16:4, 24). The "pools" mentioned in Neh. 3:15, 16, 2
    Kings 20:20, Isa. 22:11, John 9:7, were public bathing-places.