English Explanatory Dictionary

beath

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To bathe (with warm liquid); foment.
  2. To dry or heat (unseasoned) wood for the purpose of straightening it.

Pronunciation

/biːð/

Word forms

beath beaths beathing beathed

Etymology

From Middle English bethen, from Old English beþian, beþigean, beþþan, bæþþan (“to heat, warm, foment, wash, cherish; bathe”), from Proto-West Germanic *baþþjan, *baþigōn, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- (“to warm”). Cognate with Middle Dutch betten, bessen (“to moisten with hot water, humidify”).

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