Definition of wash

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Wash (n.) A piece of ground washed by the action of a sea or river, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh; a fen; as, the washes in Lincolnshire..

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Wishy-washy :: Wishy-washy (a.) Thin and pale; weak; without strength or substance; -- originally said of liquids. Fig., weak-minded; spiritless..
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..
Washhouse :: Washhouse (n.) An outbuilding for washing, esp. one for washing clothes; a laundry..
Sluice :: Sluice (n.) A long box or trough through which water flows, -- used for washing auriferous earth..
Washed :: Washed (a.) Appearing as if overlaid with a thin layer of different color; -- said of the colors of certain birds and insects.
Wash :: Wash (n.) The fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.
Guilding :: Guilding (n.) The art or practice of overlaying or covering with gold leaf; also, a thin coating or wash of gold, or of that which resembles gold..
Rushbuckler :: Rushbuckler (n.) A bullying and violent person; a braggart; a swashbuckler.
Washing :: Washing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Was.
Wringer :: Wringer (n.) A machine for pressing water out of anything, particularly from clothes after they have been washed..
Wash :: Wash (v. i.) To bear without injury the operation of being washed; as, some calicoes do not wash..
Swingeing :: Swingebuckler (n.) A swashbuckler; a bully; a roisterer.
Urceole :: Urceole (n.) A vessel for water for washing the hands; also, one to hold wine or water..
Wash :: Wash (v. t.) To waste or abrade by the force of water in motion; as, heavy rains wash a road or an embankment..
Wash :: Wash (n.) A liquid dentifrice.
Outscouring :: Outscouring (n.) That which is scoured out o/ washed out.
Washiness :: Washiness (n.) The quality or state of being washy, watery, or weak..
Bathe :: Bathe (v. t.) To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath..
Lave :: Lave (v. i.) To bathe; to wash one's self.
Swab :: Swab (n.) To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship..
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