swan's bath

noun

The sea, or any large body of open water.

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Meanings

noun
  1. poeticThe sea, or any large body of open water.

    Swift and sure across the Swan’s Bath / Sped Sea-stag on Raven’s track

    1891, H. Rider Haggard, Eric Brighteyes, London: Longmans, Green & Company, page 42
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    So hey for the merry greenwood, and the long ships, and the swan’s bath, and all the rest of it.

    1866, Charles Kingsley, Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 42

Origin

From swan and bath. Periphrase used in Norse saga.

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