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Alluvion :: Alluvion (n.) An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion.

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..

Monteith :: Monteith (n.) A vessel in which glasses are washed; -- so called from the name of the inventor.

Washhouse :: Washhouse (n.) An outbuilding for washing, esp. one for washing clothes; a laundry..

Washable :: Washable (a.) Capable of being washed without damage to fabric or color.

Whitewashing :: Whitewashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whitewas.

Soap :: Soap (v. t.) To rub or wash over with soap.

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..

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..

Surfer :: Surfle (v. t.) To wash, as the face, with a cosmetic water, said by some to be prepared from the sulphur..

Basin :: Basin (n.) A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses..

Hardness :: Hardness (n.) The peculiar quality exhibited by water which has mineral salts dissolved in it. Such water forms an insoluble compound with soap, and is hence unfit for washing purposes..

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

Commode :: Commode (n.) A movable sink or stand for a wash bowl, with closet..

Wash :: Wash (n.) A medical preparation in a liquid form for external application; a lotion.

Swash :: Swash (v. t.) An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work..

Scumble :: Scumble (v. t.) To cover lighty, as a painting, or a drawing, with a thin wash of opaque color, or with color-crayon dust rubbed on with the stump, or to make any similar additions to the work, so as to produce a softened effect..

Wash :: Wash (v. t.) To waste or abrade by the force of water in motion; as, heavy rains wash a road or an embankment..

Mount :: Mount (v.) A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always instead of mountain, when put before a proper name; as, Mount Washington; otherwise, chiefly in poetry..

Washer :: Washer (n.) A ring of metal, leather, or other material, or a perforated plate, used for various purposes, as around a bolt or screw to form a seat for the head or nut, or around a wagon axle to prevent endwise motion of the hub of the wheel and relieve friction, or in a joint to form a packing, etc..

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