beath

From Middle English bethen, from Old English beþian (“to heat, warm, foment”), a variant form of baþian (“to bathe”). More at bathe.

beath (third-person singular simple present beaths, present participle beathing, simple past and past participle beathed)

1. (transitive, dialectal) To bathe (with warm liquid); foment.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)

2. (transitive) To dry or heat (unseasoned) wood for the purpose of straightening it.

• bathe, behat