subs. (old).—A grave. TO TAKE AN EARTH-BATH = to be buried; cf., GROUND SWEAT.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
1859. G. W. MATSELL, Vocabulum; or, The Rogue’s Lexicon, s.v.
subs. (old).—A grave. TO TAKE AN EARTH-BATH = to be buried; cf., GROUND SWEAT.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
1859. G. W. MATSELL, Vocabulum; or, The Rogue’s Lexicon, s.v.
