BATH ATTENDANT

  

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BATH ATTENDANT

Specialty Definition: BATH ATTENDANT

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Occupations

Massages and bathes customers in thermal bathhouse: Kneads, slaps, strokes, and rubs flesh with stiff-bristled brush or brush made of leaves and twigs to increase circulation, relax muscles, and relieve fatigue. Assists customer into tub or onto bench, slab, or table in dry heat or steam room. Adjusts thermostat that regulates flow of heat and turns steam valve or sprinkles water on heated rocks to control temperature and humidity. Splashes soapy water on customer's body, scrubs body with brush, mitt, or sponge to clean skin and remove dead cuticle, and splashes clear water on body to rinse soap from skin. May dry customer after bath, using towel. May supply customer with drinking water or wrap client's head in cold towel during bath [HOT-ROOM ATTENDANT (personal ser.)]. May massage customer after bath, using alcohol and oil, to soothe skin [COOLING-ROOM ATTENDANT (personal ser.)]. May bind leaves and twigs to form brush used in rubdown. May be designated according to type of massage given as Finnish Rubber (personal ser.); Russian Rubber (personal ser.); Turkish Rubber (personal ser.). (references)
 Massages customers and administers other body conditioning treatments for hygienic or remedial purposes: Applies alcohol, lubricants, or other rubbing compounds. Massages body, using such techniques as kneading, rubbing, and stroking flesh, to stimulate blood circulation, relax contracted muscles, facilitate elimination of waste matter, or to relieve other conditions, using hands or vibrating equipment. Administers steam or dry heat, ultraviolet or infrared, or water treatments on request of customer or instructions of physician. May give directions to clients in activities, such as reducing or remedial exercises. May examine client and recommend body conditioning activities or treatments. May record treatments furnished to customers. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: BATH ATTENDANT

Language Translations for "BATH ATTENDANT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Finnish

  

kylvettäjä. (various references)

   

German

  

Bademeister (lifeguard, pool attendant). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

בלן. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

athbay attendantay

   

Swedish

  

badmästare. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: BATH ATTENDANT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-d-e-h-n-n-t-t-t-t"

-4 letters: attendant.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: BATH ATTENDANT


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 41 54 48      41 54 54 45 4E 44 41 4E 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01000001 01010100 01001000 00100000 01000001 01010100 01010100 01000101 01001110 01000100 01000001 01001110 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#65 &#84 &#72 &#32 &#65 &#84 &#84 &#69 &#78 &#68 &#65 &#78 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0041 0054 0048      0041 0054 0054 0045 004E 0044 0041 004E 0054

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

363554422355454394838354854

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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Anagrams
3. Orthography
4. Bibliography


  

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