sweat bath
Example Sentences
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Jim's overcoat gave him the pleasant feeling of sitting in a sweat bath but he dared not doff it.
From Mixed Faces by Norton, Roy
Sometimes a sweat bath was taken, after which the body was rubbed with sweet-smelling plants.
From American Indians by Starr, Frederick
He was given a steam sweat bath daily.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall
These stones glowing white with heat are placed in a tiny pit underneath the covering of this booth, now to be called his sweat bath.
From The Vanishing Race by Dixon, Joseph Kossuth
Therefore, when a child is named, four stones are heated for the sweat bath.
From Osage Traditions by Dorsey, James Owen
