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单词 sand-bath
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sand-bathn.

Etymology: < sand n.2 + bath n.1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsand-bath.
1. A vessel of heated sand used as an equable heater for retorts, etc. in various chemical proceses.
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the world > matter > chemistry > equipment or apparatus > [noun] > general vessels > baths > of sand
sand-furnace1666
sand-bath1677
sand-fire1677
1677 W. Harris tr. N. Lémery Course Chym. 11 These Furnaces may also serve for Distilling by the Refrigeratory, in..the Sand-Bath.
1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. 214 Set the retort in a sand-bath fixed over a reverberating furnace.
1880 C. Darwin & F. Darwin Power of Movement in Plants 178 Six of the radicles in a jar..which stood on a sand-bath, raised to a temperature varying from 76° to 82° F., became hooked.
attributive.1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 454 This process must be preceded by the sand-bath operation.
2. A medicinal bath of heated sand or sea-sand.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment with mud, sand, etc. > [noun]
pication1684
arenation1717
saburration1763
earth bath1765
mudbath1782
sand-bath1869
moor bath1878
fangotherapy1903
pelotherapy1933
1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey I. 75 We saw a patient undergoing the sand-bath..for rheumatism.
3. A bath taken by fowls in sand; a dust-bath.
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the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [noun] > cleaning > bath taken in sand or dust
sand-bath1891
1891 in Cent. Dict.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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