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hot-water bottle
noun
- a receptacle, now usually made of rubber, designed to be filled with hot water, used for warming a bed or parts of the body
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Light and nourishing dishes are prepared for my dinner; a hot-water bottle is placed in my bed; and in the bedroom a fire is lit.
A wrapped stove lid or a hot-water bottle is placed over the pelvis and one under the back.
I have had a bad cold lately, and every night he puts a hot-water bottle in my bed.
Dry heat applied to the abdomen in the form of the hot-water bottle or woolen cloths will aid in the expulsion of the gas.
Putting the child in bed with the head resting on a hot-water bottle may be all that will be necessary.
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