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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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bath OE.
bæð = OS.
bað, (O)HG.
bad, ON.
bað :- Gmc. *
baþam.
Hence
bath vb. XV, a new formation distinct from
BATHE, now restricted to the sense ‘wash ( another or oneself ) in a bath’.
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Bath in Europe
Newspaper article from: Bath Chronicle, The; 5/18/2007; 584 words
; 1996/7 Heineken CUP Pool 1: Bath 55 Edinburgh 26, Pontypridd 19 Bath 6, Bath 25 Dax 16, Treviso 27 Bath 50. Quarter-finals: Cardiff 22 Bath 19 Winners: Brive 1997/8 - HEINEKEN CUP Pool 3: Pontypridd 15 Bath 21, Borders 17 Bath 31...
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Bath shop.(Directory)
Magazine article from: Home Textiles Today; 3/26/2004; 700+ words
; 1. FAMOUS HOME's Muzi bath coordinate collection combines zebra and...LINENS is expanding its Silhouette Velvet bath ensemble collection with a holiday-themed...to its Flamenco collection. The Malaga bath ensemble comprises fringed jacquard velour...
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 "Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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Bath to happiness; Soak away any stress or worries.(Health)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland); 10/14/2001; 700+ words
; ...great for your skin, too. A bath will cleanse your skin, as...water. The heat from a warm bath urges pores to open, making...a nourishing protein-based bath by adding a cup of powdered...milk to the water. Oatmeal baths are excellent for sore, cracked...
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Bath/spa. (bath sundries) (A Product for Every Need)
Magazine article from: Chain Drug Review; 9/21/1992; 700+ words
; ...care segment in Europe, the bath and spa category is just beginning...73% of U.S. consumers use baths as a means to relax at least...Some 60% of females take baths at least once a week; about...well. All subsegments of the bath and spa segments are benefiting...
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 "Portland Press Herald (Maine)")
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BATH-AREA SCHOOLS LOOKING AT SWITCH
Newspaper article from: Portland Press Herald (Maine); 6/7/2002; ; 700+ words
; 00-00-0000 West Bath may pay to send its sixth-graders to Bath Middle School, which offers more programs. Portland...amp; State Page: 1B By DENNIS HOEY Staff Writer WEST BATH-- School officials from Bath and School Union 47 are...
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Bath care: the future is bright for the suppliers that survived the shakeout.(Industry Overview)
Magazine article from: Chain Drug Review; 9/23/1996; 700+ words
; ...products as gift baskets, scented soap, bath oil, Ioofahs and sponges account for about half of all bath product volume (not including body washes and gels), with such mass market bubble baths and bath additives as Calgon (Benckiser Consumer...
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Bath tracking Sharks for top spot
Newspaper article from: Bath Chronicle, The; 12/13/2007; 700+ words
; Bath Rugby will need to turn on the style against...atrocious conditions in France last Friday night, Bath already have one foot in the last eight with...silverware. In the grand scheme of things, Bath trail pre-tournament favourites Sale by...
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Baths Bathed In Luxury
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/28/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...the size of the average bath has doubled in the past...127,000, has 2 1/2 baths. But enjoying the modern...000 for their elegant baths, says Vincent Geoffroy...top-of-the-line bath fixtures. Others-including...floors and walls, luxury baths frequently feature gold...
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In bath it's not easy being (solid) green, or blue, or red.(The facts: bath products)
Magazine article from: Home Textiles Today; 1/30/2004; ; 700+ words
; NEW YORK -- Industry bath sales dipped 2.8 percent last year to...their markets and pumping out volume. Bath towels continued to dominate the segment...results were contained in The Facts: Bath Products, the annual exclusive market...
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Bath/body thrives on new, innovative. (Teens!).
Magazine article from: Chain Drug Review; 3/4/2002; 700+ words
; ...major driver of the growth enjoyed by the bath and body category during the last few years...wash or an aromatherapy candle. "Teen bath lines always seem to be growing," says...Target Stores. Target's well-organized bath sections incorporate 4-foot sections...
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Therapeutic Baths
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence
...term for the use of baths or soaks to treat...balneum, which means bath. Balneotherapy has...water in therapeutic baths or add seaweed, dried...mineral salts to the bath water. Description...children alone in the bath because of the risk...scent therapeutic baths should always be ...
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Bath, Patricia E. 1942–
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
Patricia E. Bath 1942– Ophthalmologist Excelled...Laser Cataract Surgery Sources Patricia Bath became the first African–American...developed a laser device to remove cataracts. Bath began her scientific career in cancer research...
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Sitz Bath
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...be used. Warm sitz baths are one of the easiest...hemorrhoids. A warm bath is also effective...take two hot sitz baths a day, for about...a warm saline sitz bath. To prepare, fill...added (no bubble bath or oil). Aftercare...applied. Risks Sitz baths pose almost no risk...
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Bath
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...were the reservoir capturing the King's Bath Spring and the baths complex, which consisted of a large, covered, lead-lined bath (the Great Bath) with subsidiary baths to east and west. The date, size, plan...
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Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. 650 Liberty Avenue Union...Incorporated: 1971 as Bed ’ n Bath Inc. Employees: 12,000 Sales: $2...Stores; 442291 Window Treatment Stores Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. operates the largest...
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