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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Washing :: Washing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Was.
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..
White-limed :: White-limed (a.) Whitewashed or plastered with lime.
Creaze :: Creaze (n.) The tin ore which collects in the central part of the washing pit or buddle.
Salination :: Salination (n.) The act of washing with salt water.
Riffle :: Riffle (n.) A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed; also, one of the cleats, grooves, or steps in such a trough. Also called ripple..
Smithsonian :: Smithsonian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Englishman J. L. M. Smithson, or to the national institution of learning which he endowed at Washington, D. C.; as, the Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Reports..
Rockweed :: Rockweed (n.) Any coarse seaweed growing on sea-washed rocks, especially Fucus..
Bewash :: Bewash (v. t.) To drench or souse with water.
Wash :: Wash (v. t.) To cover with a thin or watery coat of color; to tint lightly and thinly.
Lavement :: Lavement (n.) A washing or bathing; also, a clyster..
Lixiviation :: Lixiviation (n.) Lixiviating; the process of separating a soluble substance form one that is insoluble, by washing with some solvent, as water; leaching..
Swill :: Swill (n.) The wash, or mixture of liquid substances, given to swine; hogwash; -- called also swillings..
Clout :: Clout (n.) An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.
Washer :: Washer (n.) A fitting, usually having a plug, applied to a cistern, tub, sink, or the like, and forming the outlet opening..
Wash :: Wash (n.) A liquid preparation for the hair; as, a hair wash..
Alluvion :: Alluvion (n.) Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.
Dirt :: Dirt (n.) In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing..
Swash :: Swash (n.) Liquid filth; wash; hog mash.
Denudation :: Denudation (n.) The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water..
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