Definition of wash

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Wash (v. t.) To waste or abrade by the force of water in motion; as, heavy rains wash a road or an embankment..

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Swash :: Swash (n.) A blustering noise; a swaggering behavior.
Wash :: Wash (v. t.) To cover with a thin or watery coat of color; to tint lightly and thinly.
Deluge :: Deluge (n.) A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.)..
Washhouse :: Washhouse (n.) An outbuilding for washing, esp. one for washing clothes; a laundry..
Clout :: Clout (n.) An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.
Collutory :: Collutory (n.) A medicated wash for the mouth.
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..
Blackwash :: Blackwash (n.) A lotion made by mixing calomel and lime water.
Ablution :: Ablution (n.) The act of washing or cleansing; specifically, the washing of the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite..
Backwash :: Backwash (v. i.) To clean the oil from (wood) after combing.
Cerused :: Cerused (a.) Washed with a preparation of white lead; as, cerused face..
Basin :: Basin (n.) A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses..
Laver :: Laver (n.) A large brazen vessel placed in the court of the Jewish tabernacle where the officiating priests washed their hands and feet.
Washer :: Washer (n.) One who, or that which, washes..
Hutch :: Hutch (v. t.) To wash (ore) in a box or jig.
Lavatory :: Lavatory (n.) A basin or other vessel for washing in.
Washer :: Washer (n.) A ring of metal, leather, or other material, or a perforated plate, used for various purposes, as around a bolt or screw to form a seat for the head or nut, or around a wagon axle to prevent endwise motion of the hub of the wheel and relieve friction, or in a joint to form a packing, etc..
Alluvion :: Alluvion (n.) An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion.
Lotion :: Lotion (n.) A washing, especially of the skin for the purpose of rendering it fair..
Causally :: Causally (n.) The lighter, earthy parts of ore, carried off washing..
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