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  • 11Roman Bath Street —    North out of Newgate Street at No.76 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within.    First mention: 1885.    Former names: Bath Street in O.S. 1848 50, so named 1843. Bagnio Street c.1840. Bagnio Court (Rocque, 1746 Elmes, 1831). Royal Bagnio… …

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  • 12sweat bath — any bath given to promote sweating …

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  • 13steam bath — n. 1. the act of bathing by exposing oneself to steam, as to induce sweating 2. a room or establishment for such bathing …

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  • 14sudatory — I. n. Hot house, sweating bath, vapor bath, sweating room, stew, bagnio, Turkish bath, Russian bath, warm bath, tepidarium. II. a. Sweating, perspiring …

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  • 15Hummum — Hum mum, n. [Per. or Ar. hamm[=a]n.] A sweating bath or place for sweating. Sir T. Herbert. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 16Sudatories — Sudatory Su da*to*ry, n.; pl. {Sudatories}. [L. sudatorium.] A bagnio; a sweating bath; a vapor bath. [1913 Webster] These sudatories are much in request for many infirmities. Evelyn. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 17Sudatory — Su da*to*ry, n.; pl. {Sudatories}. [L. sudatorium.] A bagnio; a sweating bath; a vapor bath. [1913 Webster] These sudatories are much in request for many infirmities. Evelyn. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 18stupe — I. n. Fomentation, sweating bath. II. v. a. Foment, bathe with warm lotions …

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  • 19ā̆s-, therefrom azd-, azg(h)- —     ā̆s , therefrom azd , azg(h)     English meaning: to burn     Deutsche Übersetzung: “brennen, glũhen”     Material: O.Ind. üsa ḥ “ cinder, dust “ (about ásita ḥ “ black “ s. *n̥si “ dirt color, dark color “); Lat. üra “ altar; hence… …

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  • 20Banya (sauna) — Depiction in the mid 1920s of a rural banya by Russian artist Boris Kustodiev: Russian Venus (armed with birch twigs) Banya (Russian: баня [ˈbanjə]) in Russian can refer to any kind of steam bath, but usually to the Russian type of sauna. In… …

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