balneumn.
/ˈbalniːəm/ 1. A bath or bathing.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > an act of bathing
bain1484
dip1598
balneum1652
tub1776
bathe1827
shower1836
bogy1849
1652 J. French York-shire Spaw iv. 45 Water is used..first by way of Balneum, or bathing the whole body.
1652 J. French York-shire Spaw iv. 49 A cold Balneum.
2. Alchemy, Chemistry, and Cookery. (Short for the fuller Balneum Mariæ (also Maris).) = bain-marie n. (The Latin ablative balneo, occurring after ‘in’, was occasionally taken as the name of the vessel.)
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the world > matter > chemistry > equipment or apparatus > [noun] > general vessels > baths > of water
balneum1471
(St.) Mary's Batha1475
bath1599
water bath1599
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > bain marie
balneum1471
bain-marie1822
1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) Ep. 116 Then in Balneo of Mary togeather let them be circulat.
1594 H. Plat Diuers Chimicall Concl. Distillation 23 in Jewell House You must have a large Balneo wherein you may place sixe or eight glasse bodies at once.
1651 J. French Art Distillation i. 14 A Balneum as hot as ashes.
1651 J. French Art Distillation iv. 96 Digest them in a temperate Balneo.
1796 Glasse's Art of Cookery (new ed.) xxv. 378 Distil them in a glass still, balneum Mariæ.
1811 R. Hooper Quincy's Lexicon-medicum (new ed.) Balneum Mariæ, Balneum Maris, a warm water bath.
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