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‖ balneum|ˈbælniːəm|
[L.; = bath.]
1. A bath or bathing.
1652French Yorksh. Spa iv. 45 Water is used..first by way of Balneum, or bathing the whole body. Ibid. 49 A cold Balneum.
2. Alch., Chem., and Cookery. (Short for the fuller Balneum Mariæ, erron. Maris): = bain Marie. (The L. ablative balneo, occurring after ‘in,’ was occas. taken as the name of the vessel.)
1471Ripley Comp. Alch. in Ashm. (1652) Ep. 116 Then in Balneo of Mary togeather let them be circulat. 1594Plat Jewell-Ho. ii. 23 You must have a large Balneo wherein you may place sixe or eight glasse bodies at once. 1641French Distill. i. (1651) 14 A Balneum as hot as ashes. Ibid. iv. 96 Digest them in a temperate Balneo. 1796H. Glasse Cookery xxv. 378 Distil them in a glass still, balneum Mariæ. 1811Hooper Med. Dict., Balneum Mariæ, Balneum Maris, a warm water bath. |
