Definition of wash

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Wash (n.) Substances collected and deposited by the action of water; as, the wash of a sewer, of a river, etc..

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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..
Wood-wash :: Wood-wash (n.) Alt. of Wood-waxe.
Wash :: Wash (n.) A thin coat of metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
Laver :: Laver (n.) That which washes or cleanses.
Declaration :: Declaration (n.) The document or instrument containing such statement or proclamation; as, the Declaration of Independence (now preserved in Washington)..
Wringer :: Wringer (n.) A machine for pressing water out of anything, particularly from clothes after they have been washed..
Dilluing :: Dilluing (n.) A process of sorting ore by washing in a hand sieve.
Awash :: Awash (a.) Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it..
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..
Washpot :: Washpot (n.) A pot or vessel in which anything is washed.
Buck :: Buck (v. t.) To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water..
Relais :: Relais (n.) A narrow space between the foot of the rampart and the scarp of the ditch, serving to receive the earth that may crumble off or be washed down, and prevent its falling into the ditch..
Wash :: Wash (v. t.) To overlay with a thin coat of metal; as, steel washed with silver..
Washer :: Washer (n.) One who, or that which, washes..
Abdest :: Abdest (n.) Purification by washing the hands before prayer; -- a Mohammedan rite.
Vanning :: Vanning (n.) A process by which ores are washed on a shovel, or in a vanner..
Swashing :: Swashing (a.) Swaggering; hectoring.
By-wash :: By-wash (n.) The outlet from a dam or reservoir; also, a cut to divert the flow of water..
Gargle :: Gargle (v. t.) To wash or rinse, as the mouth or throat, particular the latter, agitating the liquid (water or a medicinal preparation) by an expulsion of air from the lungs..
Swashed :: Swash (v. t.) Soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy..
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