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/ʃˈaʊər bæθ/ Listen

noun

Shower n.

A fall or rain or hail of short duration; sometimes, but rarely, a like fall of snow. "In drought or else showers." "Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers."

That which resembles a shower in falling or passing through the air copiously and rapidly. "With showers of stones he drives them far away."

A copious supply bestowed. (R.) "He and myself Have travail'd in the great shower of your gifts."

Shower bath, a bath in which water is showered from above, and sometimes from the sides also.

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Etymology of 'Shower bath'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Shower bath" Quotes from Famous Books

... very necessary precaution, too, for sometimes it rained for days at a stretch. The rain never kept me indoors, however, and I took exercise just the same, as I didn't bother about clothes, and rather enjoyed the shower bath. I was always devising means of making life more tolerable, and amongst other things I made a sort of swing, which I found extremely useful in beguiling time. I would also practise jumping with long poles. ...

— The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont - as told by Himself • Louis de Rougemont

... came madam's heel on the side of the pail, and it flew like a rocket into the air, while the milky flood showered plentifully over me, and a new broadcloth riding-coat that I had assumed for the first time that morning. "Whew!" said I, as soon as I could get my breath from this extraordinary shower bath; "what's all this?" My wife came running towards the cow yard, as I stood with the milk streaming from my hair, filling my eyes, and dropping from the tip of my nose; and she and Biddy performed a recitative lamentation over me in alternate strophes, like the chorus in ...

— The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings • Harriet Beecher Stowe

... dignified. Never laugh at or with them. Be truthful. Meet them with respect. Act kindly toward them in their presence. If these measures fail, coercion if necessary. Tranquillizing chair. Strait waistcoat. Pour cold water down their sleeves. The shower bath for fifteen or twenty minutes. Threaten them with death. Chains seldom and the whip never required. Twenty to forty ounces of blood, unless ...

— A Psychiatric Milestone - Bloomingdale Hospital Centenary, 1821-1921 • Various

... as he staggered back. "Hi! Sam, do you think I need a shower bath? I'm wet enough already." And Tom commenced to brush the ...

— The Rover Boys on the Farm - or Last Days at Putnam Hall • Arthur M. Winfield (AKA Edward Stratemeyer)