sweat bath
Example Sentences
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Jim's overcoat gave him the pleasant feeling of sitting in a sweat bath but he dared not doff it.
From Mixed Faces by Norton, Roy
The sweat bath was in common use among almost all the tribes north of Mexico excepting the central and eastern Eskimo, and was considered the great cure-all in sickness and invigorant in health.
Therefore, when a child is named, four stones are heated for the sweat bath.
From Osage Traditions by Dorsey, James Owen
First of all the patient was given a "sweat bath."
From I Married a Ranger by Smith, Dama Margaret
"Cannot I cut off the part and restore you by a sweat bath?" the friend asked.
From Myths and Legends of the Sioux by McLaughlin, Marie L.
