Definition of wash

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Wash (v. i.) To clean anything by rubbing or dipping it in water; to perform the business of cleansing clothes, ore, etc., in water..

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Swashing :: Swasher (n.) One who makes a blustering show of valor or force of arms.
Black Wash :: Black wash (n.) Alt. of Blackwas.
Laver :: Laver (n.) One who laves; a washer.
Squill :: Squilgee (n.) Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of leather, -- used for removing superfluous, water or other liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window panes, photographer's plates, etc..
Loob :: Loob (n.) The clay or slimes washed from tin ore in dressing.
Vat :: Vat (n.) A wooden tub for washing ores and mineral substances in.
Washout :: Washout (n.) The washing out or away of earth, etc., especially of a portion of the bed of a road or railroad by a fall of rain or a freshet; also, a place, especially in the bed of a road or railroad, where the earth has been washed away..
Wash :: Wash (n.) The act of washing; an ablution; a cleansing, wetting, or dashing with water; hence, a quantity, as of clothes, washed at once..
Wash :: Wash (n.) The blade of an oar, or the thin part which enters the water..
Tossing :: Tossing (n.) A process which consists in washing ores by violent agitation in water, in order to separate the lighter or earhy particles; -- called also tozing, and treloobing, in Cornwall..
Wincing :: Wincing (n.) The act of washing cloth, dipping it in dye, etc., with a wince..
Whitewash :: Whitewash (v. t.) To make white; to give a fair external appearance to; to clear from imputations or disgrace; hence, to clear (a bankrupt) from obligation to pay debts..
Dishcloth :: Dishcloth (n.) A cloth used for washing dishes.
Buck-basket :: Buck-basket (n.) A basket in which clothes are carried to the wash.
Batlet :: Batlet (n.) A short bat for beating clothes in washing them; -- called also batler, batling staff, batting staff..
Wash :: Wash (v. t.) To remove by washing to take away by, or as by, the action of water; to drag or draw off as by the tide; -- often with away, off, out, etc.; as, to wash dirt from the hands..
Lavatory :: Lavatory (a.) Washing, or cleansing by washing..
Gargle :: Gargle (v. t.) To wash or rinse, as the mouth or throat, particular the latter, agitating the liquid (water or a medicinal preparation) by an expulsion of air from the lungs..
Lavement :: Lavement (n.) A washing or bathing; also, a clyster..
Swasher :: Swashbuckler (n.) A bully or braggadocio; a swaggering, boastful fellow; a swaggerer..
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