bagnio

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All the she-friends, relations and acquaintance of the two families, newly allied, meet at the bagnio; several others go, out Of curiosity, and I believe there were that day two hundred women.

From Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e Written during Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in Different Parts of Europe by Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady

He was guided in this task by Colonel Charrière, general director of the New Caledonian Penitentiary, who declared the criminals of the bagnio much more honourable than the political convicts.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.

The most valiant, the most devoted, will die in the bagnio, in the Peninsula Ducos, in the Ile des Pins.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.

Dr. Berger, who supported for seven minutes a temperature varying from 109° to 110° C. in dry air, could remain only twelve minutes in a bagnio whose temperature rose from 41° to 51.75°.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882 by Various

Before I left the city, I went into a bagnio, where I caused my beard and eye-brows to be shaved, and put on a calender's habit.

From The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 by Anonymous