insessions

Noun

insession (plural insessions)

1. The act of sitting, as in a tub or bath.
   • Used by way of fomentation, insession, or bath.1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C....
2. That in which one sits, as a bathing tub.
   • Insessions be bathing tubs half full.1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C....