bain, baine, bayne, baigne (g silent)

t. & i. [Fr. baigner = to bathe, swim, soak in; Sp. banar; Port. banhar; Ital. bagnare = to wet, to wash; bagnarsi = to bathe, to wash one's self; Low Lat. balneo; from Lat. balneum a bath.] A. Trans .: To wash, to bathe; to wet. "And when salt teares do bayne my breast." Surry . (S. in Boucher .) B. In trans. To bathe one's self. "In virgin's blood doth baine." Phaer: Virgil, p. 260. ( Boucher .)