Definition of wash

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Wash (n.) The flow, swash, or breaking of a body of water, as a wave; also, the sound of it..

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Vat :: Vat (n.) A wooden tub for washing ores and mineral substances in.
Clout :: Clout (n.) An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.
Scrubber :: Scrubber (n.) A gas washer. See under Gas.
Swash :: Swash (v. i.) To fall violently or noisily.
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..
Washy :: Washy (a.) Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble; as, washy tea; washy resolutions..
Cerused :: Cerused (a.) Washed with a preparation of white lead; as, cerused face..
Strale :: Strake (n.) A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder..
Shampoo :: Shampoo (v. t.) To wash throughly and rub the head of (a person), with the fingers, using either soap, or a soapy preparation, for the more thorough cleansing..
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..
Blackwash :: Blackwash (n.) A lotion made by mixing calomel and lime water.
Hushing :: Hushing (n.) The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; -- also called booming..
White :: White (v. t.) To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.
Squill :: Squilgee (n.) Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of leather, -- used for removing superfluous, water or other liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window panes, photographer's plates, etc..
Creaze :: Creaze (n.) The tin ore which collects in the central part of the washing pit or buddle.
Batlet :: Batlet (n.) A short bat for beating clothes in washing them; -- called also batler, batling staff, batting staff..
Swashing :: Swasher (n.) One who makes a blustering show of valor or force of arms.
Foulard :: Foulard (n.) A thin, washable material of silk, or silk and cotton, originally imported from India, but now also made elsewhere..
Fecula :: Fecula (n.) Any pulverulent matter obtained from plants by simply breaking down the texture, washing with water, and subsidence..
Wash :: Wash (v. i.) To bear without injury the operation of being washed; as, some calicoes do not wash..
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