A heated room used for hot air or vapour baths: hence, a hot bath. Obsolete exc. Historical or archaic.
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释义 | the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > a bath > hot air or steam bath (14) stew1390 A heated room used for hot air or vapour baths: hence, a hot bath. Obsolete exc. Historical or archaic. stovec1485 A hot air bath; a sweating-room; = stew, n.2 3, stufe, n. Obsolete. stufe1541 A hot-air bath: = stove, n.1 stow1614 In various senses of stove, n.1: A hot-air bath; a heated room or chamber; a hothouse for plants; a closed fireplace. Obsolete. furo1615 In Japan: (originally) a steam bath or bathhouse; (in later use) = ofuro, n. Turkish bath1644 a hot bath introduced from the East and once extensively used, inducing copious perspiration, followed by soaping, washing, shampooing, massage… estuary1657 A vapour-bath. Obsolete. steam-bath1725 With reference to heating, cooking, or washing by steam, and in the names of implements and apparatus used in these processes, as steam-bakery, steam… Russian bath1770 a bath similar to a sauna, in which steam is produced by throwing water over heated stones; also figurative. stufa1832 = stufe, n. sweat-bath1877 a steam-bath or hot-air bath, esp. among North American Indians; cf. sweat-house, n. 1. sauna1881 A bath-house or bathroom in which the Finnish steam bath is taken; the steam bath itself, taken in very hot steam produced by throwing water on to… shvitz1937 Esp. in Jewish usage: a sauna, steam bath, or bath house; (later also) an instance of using a sauna or steam bath. Subcategories:— subjecting to (1) |
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