vapor bath, vapour bath

1. The application of vapor or steam to the body in a close place. [BATH (1), s., В. І. 2.] Medicated vapor-baths are largely employed, the aqueous vapor being impregnated with mercury, sulphur, ., according to the nature of the disease. 2. The place or bath itself; an apparatus for heating bodies by the vapor of water. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, IMG:content-0403.png:[blocks in formation] *1. To pa off or disappear as a vapor. "He now is dead, and all his furie gone. And all his greatnes vapored to nought, That as a gla e vpon the water shone. Spenser: The Ruines of Time, 219. 2. To boast, brag, or vaunt with ostentatious display; to hector, to bully. "He vapored considerably."-London Daily Telegraph, *B. Transitive: 1. Lit .: To cause to pa into a vaporous state; to cause to di olve, pa away, or disappear in a vaporous, gaseous, or aeriform condition; to cause to melt into thin air or other unsubstantial thing. "He'd laugh to see one throw his heart away, Another sighing vapor forth his soul." Ben Jonson. IMG:content-0404.png:[blocks in formation] "She vapors me but to look at her." - Mad . D'Arblay : Camilla , bk. v., ch. vi.