Definition of wash

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Wash (n.) The act of washing; an ablution; a cleansing, wetting, or dashing with water; hence, a quantity, as of clothes, washed at once..

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Outscouring :: Outscouring (n.) That which is scoured out o/ washed out.
Fret :: Fret (n.) The worn sides of river banks, where ores, or stones containing them, accumulate by being washed down from the hills, and thus indicate to the miners the locality of the veins..
Wash :: Wash (n.) A medical preparation in a liquid form for external application; a lotion.
Soft :: Soft (superl.) Not tinged with mineral salts; adapted to decompose soap; as, soft water is the best for washing..
Wash :: Wash (n.) The blade of an oar, or the thin part which enters the water..
Fibrin :: Fibrin (n.) The white, albuminous mass remaining after washing lean beef or other meat with water until all coloring matter is removed; the fibrous portion of the muscle tissue; flesh fibrin..
Bath :: Bath (n.) A receptacle or place where persons may immerse or wash their bodies in water.
Washy :: Washy (a.) Watery; damp; soft.
Appellative :: Appellative (n.) A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings, or for universal ideas. Thus, tree is the name of all plants of a particular class; plant and vegetable are names of things that grow out of the earth. A proper name, on the other hand, stands for a single thing; as, Rome, Washington, Lake Erie..
Wash :: Wash (n.) A liquid dentifrice.
Camphor :: Camphor (v. t.) To impregnate or wash with camphor; to camphorate.
Scrub :: Scrub (v. t.) To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening; as, to scrub a floor, a doorplate..
Lavement :: Lavement (n.) A washing or bathing; also, a clyster..
Swash :: Swash (v. i.) To fall violently or noisily.
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..
Washboard :: Washboard (n.) A fluted, or ribbed, board on which clothes are rubbed in washing them..
Vat :: Vat (n.) A wooden tub for washing ores and mineral substances in.
Swash :: Swash (n.) A blustering noise; a swaggering behavior.
Strale :: Strake (n.) A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder..
Elutriate :: Elutriate (v. t.) To wash or strain out so as to purify; as, to elutriate the blood as it passes through the lungs; to strain off or decant, as a powder which is separated from heavier particles by being drawn off with water; to cleanse, as by washing..
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