Definition of wash

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Wash (v. i.) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; -- said of road, a beach, etc..

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Washerwomen :: Washerwomen (pl. ) of Washerwoma.
Foulard :: Foulard (n.) A thin, washable material of silk, or silk and cotton, originally imported from India, but now also made elsewhere..
Woulfe Bottle :: Woulfe bottle (n.) A kind of wash bottle with two or three necks; -- so called after the inventor, Peter Woulfe, an English chemist..
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..
Laver :: Laver (n.) That which washes or cleanses.
Shampoo :: Shampoo (v. t.) To wash throughly and rub the head of (a person), with the fingers, using either soap, or a soapy preparation, for the more thorough cleansing..
Soft :: Soft (superl.) Not tinged with mineral salts; adapted to decompose soap; as, soft water is the best for washing..
Dirt :: Dirt (n.) In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing..
Launder :: Launder (n.) A washerwoman.
Washboard :: Washboard (n.) A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to keep the sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a lower deck port, for the same purpose; -- called also wasteboard..
Mount :: Mount (v.) A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always instead of mountain, when put before a proper name; as, Mount Washington; otherwise, chiefly in poetry..
Wash :: Wash (v. i.) To bear without injury the operation of being washed; as, some calicoes do not wash..
Laundering :: Laundering (n.) The act, or occupation, of one who launders; washing and ironing..
Washing :: Washing (n.) The clothes washed, esp. at one time; a wash..
Van :: Van (v. t.) To wash or cleanse, as a small portion of ore, on a shovel..
Draff :: Draff (n.) Refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine or cows; hogwash; waste matter.
Eyewater :: Eyewater (n.) A wash or lotion for application to the eyes.
Surfer :: Surfle (v. t.) To wash, as the face, with a cosmetic water, said by some to be prepared from the sulphur..
Hardness :: Hardness (n.) The peculiar quality exhibited by water which has mineral salts dissolved in it. Such water forms an insoluble compound with soap, and is hence unfit for washing purposes..
Lixiviate :: Lixiviate (v. t.) To subject to a washing process for the purpose of separating soluble material from that which is insoluble; to leach, as ashes, for the purpose of extracting the alkaline substances..
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