white bathn.

Brit.

/ˌwʌɪt ˈbɑːθ/,

/ˌwʌɪt ˈbaθ/, U.S.

/ˌ(h)waɪt ˈbæθ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., bath n.¹

Etymology: < white adj. + bath n.¹ In sense 1 after French bain blanc (1791, in the passage translated in quot. 1791, or earlier in this sense). The semantic motivation of sense 2 is unclear.

1. An emulsion of oil and sodium carbonate solution used to prepare cotton for dyeing. Also: a solution of alum and salt used for steeping skins during the preparation of soft white leather. Frequently attributive. Now historical and rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > colouring > dyeing > [noun] > material used in dyeing

woad ash1354

clavellated ashes1660

slip1667

white bath1791

the world > matter > colour > colouring > colouring matter > [noun] > dye > liquid in vat

floata1500

vat1755

bath1791

white bath1791

pastel-vat1838

swimming-tub1839

1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing II. 149 For this operation eight buckets of ley are poured into the vat upon the remains of the white bath [Fr. bain blanc], and the cotton is passed through it in the same manner as before.

1809 W. Nicholson Brit. Encycl. II. at Dyeing For the fixing bath, five or six pails of the grey bath liquor, and as much of the white bath liquor are mixed together; in this the cotton is trodden down, left to steep six hours, and then wrung.

1852 C. Morfit Arts of Tanning, Currying, & Leather-dressing xxxvi. 410 The skins..are to be put into the ‘white-bath’, composed, for one hundred skins, of a boiling solution of twelve to eighteen pounds of alum.

1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem.: Org. (1862) xi. §2. 775 In this condition it [sc. the skin] is ready for the operation of tawing, or passing through the white bath.

1908 C. Mayer tr. G. Zerr & R. Rübencamp Treat. Colour Manuf. 572 In the older, very complicated and tedious white-bath process the yarn was repeatedly mordanted and dried.

†2. U.S. A white-flowered trillium. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Liliaceae family or plants > [noun] > Trillium

herb true-love1640

birthroot1707

three-leaved nightshade1760

Trillium1760

true love1760

Indian balm1830

nosebleed1869

wake-robin1871

white bath1891

1837 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 16 304 The various species and varieties of Trillium are known in the country by the names, fox-blow, beth, bath and birth root, Benjamin root, &c.]

1891 Cent. Dict. at Trillium They are known by the generic name, and as three-leafed nightshade, the white species also as wake-robin, white bath, birthroot.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	white bath
释义	white bathn. Brit. /ˌwʌɪt ˈbɑːθ/, /ˌwʌɪt ˈbaθ/, U.S. /ˌ(h)waɪt ˈbæθ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., bath n.¹ Etymology: < white adj. + bath n.¹ In sense 1 after French bain blanc (1791, in the passage translated in quot. 1791, or earlier in this sense). The semantic motivation of sense 2 is unclear. 1. An emulsion of oil and sodium carbonate solution used to prepare cotton for dyeing. Also: a solution of alum and salt used for steeping skins during the preparation of soft white leather. Frequently attributive. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > colouring > dyeing > [noun] > material used in dyeing woad ash1354 clavellated ashes1660 slip1667 white bath1791 the world > matter > colour > colouring > colouring matter > [noun] > dye > liquid in vat floata1500 vat1755 bath1791 white bath1791 pastel-vat1838 swimming-tub1839 1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing II. 149 For this operation eight buckets of ley are poured into the vat upon the remains of the white bath [Fr. bain blanc], and the cotton is passed through it in the same manner as before. 1809 W. Nicholson Brit. Encycl. II. at Dyeing For the fixing bath, five or six pails of the grey bath liquor, and as much of the white bath liquor are mixed together; in this the cotton is trodden down, left to steep six hours, and then wrung. 1852 C. Morfit Arts of Tanning, Currying, & Leather-dressing xxxvi. 410 The skins..are to be put into the ‘white-bath’, composed, for one hundred skins, of a boiling solution of twelve to eighteen pounds of alum. 1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem.: Org. (1862) xi. §2. 775 In this condition it [sc. the skin] is ready for the operation of tawing, or passing through the white bath. 1908 C. Mayer tr. G. Zerr & R. Rübencamp Treat. Colour Manuf. 572 In the older, very complicated and tedious white-bath process the yarn was repeatedly mordanted and dried. †2. U.S. A white-flowered trillium. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Liliaceae family or plants > [noun] > Trillium herb true-love1640 birthroot1707 three-leaved nightshade1760 Trillium1760 true love1760 Indian balm1830 nosebleed1869 wake-robin1871 white bath1891 1837 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 16 304 The various species and varieties of Trillium are known in the country by the names, fox-blow, beth, bath and birth root, Benjamin root, &c.] 1891 Cent. Dict. at Trillium They are known by the generic name, and as three-leafed nightshade, the white species also as wake-robin, white bath, birthroot. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1791
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