Bath brick

A preparation of calcareous earth made up in the form of a brick, used for cleaning knives. Bath Court-House, in Virginia. See WARM SPRINGS. Bathe, v. a. [A. S. bathian; Icel. bad a; Sw. and Goth. badda; seemingly allied to Ger. bähen, to warm; Scots. brik; Eng. bask. To wash the body, or some part of it. by immersion, perhaps originally in warm or hot water, and in hot or cold water. "Others on silver lakes and rivers bath'd Their downy breast." - Milton. -To wash or moisten with water or other liquid. "Mars cond in mutual blood the centaurs bathe."-Dryden. v. i. To be or lie in a bath. "The gallants dancing by the river side, They bathe in summer, and in winter slide." Waller. -To be immersed in a fluid. "Except they meant to bathe in reeking wounds." - Shaks. 一代。 Immersion of the body in water; as, "Go and take bathe ." - Edin . Review.