water curingn.
/ˈwɔːtə ˌkjʊrɪŋ/, /ˈwɔːtə ˌkjɔːrɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwɔdər ˌkjʊrɪŋ/, /ˈwɑdər ˌkjʊrɪŋ/ 1. The action or practice of administering or undergoing the water cure (water cure n. 1). Now historical.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments using water > [noun]
water treatment1832
water cure1834
water curing1842
hydropathy1843
hydrotherapy1876
hydriatry1886
1842 Medico-chirurg. Rev., & Jrnl. Pract. Med. 37 157 Water-curing in England will be little else than water-killing.
1849 J. W. Carlyle Lett. (1883) II. 46 This shall be the last of my water-curing for the present.
1904 Ann. Gynecol. & Pediatry 17 32 ‘Water-curing’ is not new, and the establishment of one plant for its execution does not mark an era.
1952 Indiana Mag. Hist. 48 241 Recognizing an opportunity to cash in on a chance discovery, Priessnitz developed and expanded the art of water curing until it eventually gained a wide following.
2. The process of hardening concrete or other material by treatment with water.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > [noun] > becoming or making hard > in specific manner
curing1853
chilling1881
water curing1932
1932 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 213 563 The steam or water curing was continued for 16 hours.
1986 Building & Environm. 21 119/1 Undoubtedly, water curing is the much preferred method for most concrete work.
2010 Postharvest Biol. & Technol. 56 95 Water curing of chestnuts and marrons, a commonly used postharvest method, is based on soaking fresh fruit in water typically for 9 days.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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