1. (n.) The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc., to water, vapor, hot air, or the like; as, a cold or a hot bath; a medicated bath; a steam bath; a hip bath.

2. (n.) Water or other liquid for bathing.

3. (n.) A receptacle or place where persons may immerse or wash their bodies in water.

4. (n.) A building containing an apartment or a series of apartments arranged for bathing.

5. (n.) A medium, as heated sand, ashes, steam, hot air, through which heat is applied to a body.

6. (n.) A solution in which plates or prints are immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution.

7. (n.) A Hebrew measure containing the tenth of a homer, or five gallons and three pints, as a measure for liquids; and two pecks and five quarts, as a dry measure.

8. (n.) A city in the west of England, resorted to for its hot springs, which has given its name to various objects.

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