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hip bath

noun

Etymology

hip + bath. From bathing of (only) the hips

  1. derived from *bʰeh₁-✻ — “to warm”
  2. inherited from *baþą✻ — “bath”
  3. inherited from *baþ✻
  4. inherited from bæþ
  5. inherited from bath
  6. compounded as hip bath — “hip + bath”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of sitz bath.

    • A douche or hip-bath may be taken every morning, winter and summer, with the temperature of the water suited to the endurance of the individual. In summer a second or sponge-bath may be taken on retiring.

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