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swan's bath

swan's bath noun: the sea, or any large body of open water.

Noun

swan's bath

  1. (poetic) The sea, or any large body of open water.
    • So hey for the merry greenwood, and the long ships, and the swan’s bath, and all the rest of it.1866, Charles Kingsley, Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 42
    • Swift and sure across the Swan’s Bath / Sped Sea-stag on Raven’s track1891, H. Rider Haggard, Eric Brighteyes, London: Longmans, Green & Company, page 42

Origin of swan's bath

From swan and bath. Periphrase used in Norse saga.

Questions about swan's bath

What does swan's bath mean?
Swan's bath means the sea, or any large body of open water.
What part of speech is swan's bath?
Swan's bath is a noun.

Words near swan's bath in the dictionary

  1. swan upping
  2. swan uppings
  3. Swan Vale
  4. Swan View
  5. Swan Village
  6. swan's bath
  7. swan's down
  8. swan's road
  9. swan's-down
  10. swan-dive
  11. swan-dived

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