Definition of wash

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Wash (v. t.) To cleanse by ablution, or dipping or rubbing in water; to apply water or other liquid to for the purpose of cleansing; to scrub with water, etc., or as with water; as, to wash the hands or body; to wash garments; to wash sheep or wool; to wash the pavement or floor; to wash the bark of trees..

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Wash :: Wash (n.) A liquid preparation for the hair; as, a hair wash..
Swash :: Swash (n.) Impulse of water flowing with violence; a dashing or splashing of water.
Buddle :: Buddle (n.) An apparatus, especially an inclined trough or vat, in which stamped ore is concentrated by subjecting it to the action of running water so as to wash out the lighter and less valuable portions..
Monument :: Monument (n.) A building, pillar, stone, or the like, erected to preserve the remembrance of a person, event, action, etc.; as, the Washington monument; the Bunker Hill monument. Also, a tomb, with memorial inscriptions..
Launder :: Launder (n.) A washerwoman.
Dishwater :: Dishwater (n.) Water in which dishes have been washed.
Autotype :: Autotype (n.) A photographic picture produced in sensitized pigmented gelatin by exposure to light under a negative; and subsequent washing out of the soluble parts; a kind of picture in ink from a gelatin plate.
Wash :: Wash (n.) A piece of ground washed by the action of a sea or river, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh; a fen; as, the washes in Lincolnshire..
Buddle :: Buddle (v. i.) To wash ore in a buddle.
Declaration :: Declaration (n.) The document or instrument containing such statement or proclamation; as, the Declaration of Independence (now preserved in Washington)..
Soft :: Soft (superl.) Not tinged with mineral salts; adapted to decompose soap; as, soft water is the best for washing..
Squiggle :: Squiggle (v. i.) To shake and wash a fluid about in the mouth with the lips closed.
Swashy :: Swashway (n.) Same as 4th Swash, 2..
Riffle :: Riffle (n.) A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed; also, one of the cleats, grooves, or steps in such a trough. Also called ripple..
Wash :: Wash (a.) Capable of being washed without injury; washable; as, wash goods..
Swish :: Swish (v. i.) To dash; to swash.
Guilding :: Guilding (n.) The art or practice of overlaying or covering with gold leaf; also, a thin coating or wash of gold, or of that which resembles gold..
Calcimine :: Calcimine (v. t.) To wash or cover with calcimine; as, to calcimine walls..
Wash :: Wash (v. i.) To clean anything by rubbing or dipping it in water; to perform the business of cleansing clothes, ore, etc., in water..
Clout :: Clout (n.) An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.
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