Bathing tub

A ve el used for bathing, generally made of either wood, zinc, iron, or tin. Bath'-metal, an alloy of 4% oz. zinc and 1 Ib. copper. Bathori, STEPHEN, ( ba - to're, king of Poland, who was elected in place of Henry of Valois, 1576. B. was a prince of great abilities. Under his rule the Ukraine began to recover from the state of devastation in which it had long lain, and the Co acks were regularly organized. He founded the university of Wilna, and D. 1586. His name was tarnished by the infamy of his niece, Elizabeth B., wife of Count Nadasdy. By means of large bribes, she induced an old man-servant and two female servants to kidnap and convey to her, either by stratagem or force, young girls from the neighboring country, whom she slowly put to death in the dungeons of her castle by the most horrible tortures. It is related, that, on a certain occasion, having violently struck one of her victims, the blood spirted up into her own face, and, as she fancied, left the skin whiter when it was wiped off. An infernal idea instantly po e ed her. She invited to a grand banquet all the young girls round about, and caused 300 of them to be put to death, being under the impre ion that a bath of blood would renew her youth. So monstrous a story is probably exaggerated, but it at least shows that she was believed capable of it. Inquiry was at length made into the appalling rumors, when it was discovered that this female fiend had murdered, in cold blood, not fewer than 650 maidens. The domestics who a isted her were either beheaded or burned alive. The counte , who merited certainly the greater punishment, died quietly in 1614, in her fortre of Esej, where she had been confined for life. Bat-horse, ( baw'hôrs,) n. [Fr. bât, a pack-saddle.] The horse belonging to an officer, or to the baggage-train.