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Washboard :: Washboard (n.) A fluted, or ribbed, board on which clothes are rubbed in washing them..

Swash :: Swash (v. i.) To dash or flow noisily, as water; to splash; as, water swashing on a shallow place..

Wring :: Wring (v. t.) To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing..

Whitewash :: Whitewash (n.) A composition of line and water, or of whiting size, and water, or the like, used for whitening walls, ceilings, etc.; milk of lime..

Lavatory :: Lavatory (a.) Washing, or cleansing by washing..

Eyewash :: Eyewash (n.) See Eyewater.

Laver :: Laver (n.) That which washes or cleanses.

Backwash :: Backwash (v. i.) To clean the oil from (wood) after combing.

Cradle :: Cradle (n.) A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth; -- also called a rocker..

Scumble :: Scumble (v. t.) To cover lighty, as a painting, or a drawing, with a thin wash of opaque color, or with color-crayon dust rubbed on with the stump, or to make any similar additions to the work, so as to produce a softened effect..

Dirt :: Dirt (n.) In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing..

Wincing :: Wincing (n.) The act of washing cloth, dipping it in dye, etc., with a wince..

Wash :: 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..

Wash :: Wash (a.) Washy; weak.

Washed :: Washed (imp. & p. p.) of Was.

Buddle :: Buddle (v. i.) To wash ore in a buddle.

Dolly :: Dolly (n.) A contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore to be washed; a stirrer..

Stain :: Stain (v. t.) To color, as wood, glass, paper, cloth, or the like, by processess affecting, chemically or otherwise, the material itself; to tinge with a color or colors combining with, or penetrating, the substance; to dye; as, to stain wood with acids, colored washes, paint rubbed in, etc.; to stain glass..

Lixiviation :: Lixiviation (n.) Lixiviating; the process of separating a soluble substance form one that is insoluble, by washing with some solvent, as water; leaching..

Washerman :: Washerman (n.) A man who washes clothes, esp. for hire, or for others..

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