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bathe(2)(dictionary)
bathe(medicine)
bathe 2, noun(dictionary)
bathe 1, verb(dictionary)
overhang(1)(dictionary)
overhang(2)(dictionary)
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gambling(dictionary)
Gambling(law)

Overhang - Sailing (gambling) and bathe (medicine)


Overhang - Sailing (gambling)


The area of the bow or stern which hangs over the water.

bathe (medicine)


bathe


1. To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath. "Chancing to bathe himself in the River Cydnus." (South)

2. To lave; to wet. "The lake which bathed the foot of the Alban mountain."

3. To moisten or suffuse with a liquid. "And let us bathe our hands in Caesar's blood." (Shak)

4. To apply water or some liquid medicament to; as, to bathe the eye with warm water or with sea water; to bathe one's forehead with camphor.

5. To surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person immersed. "The rosy shadows bathe me. " . "The bright sunshine bathing all the world." .

Origin: OE. Baien, AS. Baian, fr. Bae bath. See 1st Bath, and cf. Bay to bathe.

Source: Websters Dictionary