foot-bath

I thought that he led us in the most difficult paths in order to make us feel his value, for, after passing through one thicket after another, we always came into the bed of the Nake again, and as that was full of coarse sand, and the water only ankle deep, and as hot as a foot-bath from the powerful rays of the sun, we were all completely tired out.

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

She conjured new bed-clothing and a foot-bath for each of them, and they both retired to bed.

If I Pay Thee Not In Gold Lackey, Mercedes 1993

There was a wash-basin, a foot-bath, a narrow comfortable bed with a snow-white cover a carafe of water on the table beside the bed ....

Madam Will You Talk Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1967

She filled a giant foot-bath with hot water and helped Jill into it.

The Silver Chair Lewis, C. S. 1953

Ellis and Rickards, two of papa's men, were in the room, and Mrs. Ellis too, and the doctor, and Riley, and Biddy, and Anne; and there was a foot-bath, with steaming hot water in it, on the floor; some mustard on the table; and the fire burnt brightly.

The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius Sarah Grand

When vomiting is almost the first symptom, six teaspoonfuls of hot water are to be taken every ten minutes for an hour; then treat as above with foot-bath, hot vinegar, and oil.

Papers on Health John Kirk

Our book-hunter always uses the bath for this purpose, but a tin foot-bath under a tap does excellently.

The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M. Allan

Where the patient is strong enough to sit out of bed, a good hot foot-bath will do instead of this fomentation.

Papers on Health John Kirk

A hot foot-bath, by drawing the blood away from the brain, often will be beneficial.

Herself Talks with Women Concerning Themselves

She received him "in her bath," -- a circumstance not unusual and which meant a covered foot-bath and a handsome _déshabillé_ gown.

The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette William Douw Lighthall