Definition of wash

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Wash (n.) The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc..

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Soapberry Tree :: Soapberry tree () Any tree of the genus Sapindus, esp. Sapindus saponaria, the fleshy part of whose fruit is used instead of soap in washing linen; -- also called soap tree..
Wash :: Wash (v. t.) To overlay with a thin coat of metal; as, steel washed with silver..
Pan :: Pan (v. t.) To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan..
Eyewater :: Eyewater (n.) A wash or lotion for application to the eyes.
Laver :: Laver (n.) One who laves; a washer.
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..
Buck-basket :: Buck-basket (n.) A basket in which clothes are carried to the wash.
Lave :: Lave (v. i.) To bathe; to wash one's self.
Abluvion :: Abluvion (n.) That which is washed off.
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..
Laundering :: Laundering (n.) The act, or occupation, of one who launders; washing and ironing..
Wringer :: Wringer (n.) A machine for pressing water out of anything, particularly from clothes after they have been washed..
Lixiviation :: Lixiviation (n.) Lixiviating; the process of separating a soluble substance form one that is insoluble, by washing with some solvent, as water; leaching..
Laver :: Laver (n.) One of several vessels in Solomon's Temple in which the offerings for burnt sacrifices were washed.
Bathe :: Bathe (v. t.) To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath..
Splenalgia :: Spleget (n.) A cloth dipped in a liquid for washing a sore.
Tattoo :: Tattoo (v. t.) To color, as the flesh, by pricking in coloring matter, so as to form marks or figures which can not be washed out..
Lavatory :: Lavatory (n.) A wash or lotion for a diseased part.
Chinook :: Chinook (n.) One of a tribe of North American Indians now living in the state of Washington, noted for the custom of flattening their skulls. Chinooks also called Flathead Indians..
Rove :: Rove (n.) A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building.
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