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firebath

noun

Etymology

From Middle English *fyrebath, from Old English fȳrbæþ (“fire-bath”), equivalent to fire + bath.

  1. inherited from fȳrbæþ
  2. inherited from *fyrebath✻

Definitions

  1. A bath in intense heat

    A bath in intense heat; sauna.

    • A central daily event in men's lives was the firebath, which was like a sauna with intense radiant heat.
    • Whenever they were going to take a firebath, they removed those wood planks and laid some in the back area of the qasgi and some on the edge of the bedding.

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