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Birdlime :: Birdlime (n.) An extremely adhesive viscid substance, usually made of the middle bark of the holly, by boiling, fermenting, and cleansing it. When a twig is smeared with this substance it will hold small birds which may light upon it. Hence: Anything which insnares..

Purge :: Purge (v. t.) To remove in cleansing; to deterge; to wash away; -- often followed by away.

Detersive :: Detersive (n.) A cleansing agent; a detergent.

Abstersive :: Abstersive (a.) Cleansing; purging.

Clysmic :: Clysmic (a.) Washing; cleansing.

Blower :: Blower (n.) A device for producing a current of air; as: (a) A metal plate temporarily placed before the upper part of a grate or open fire. (b) A machine for producing an artificial blast or current of air by pressure, as for increasing the draft of a furnace, ventilating a building or shaft, cleansing gram, etc..

Van :: Van (n.) A shovel used in cleansing ore.

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..

Scour :: Scour (v. t.) To remove by rubbing or cleansing; to sweep along or off; to carry away or remove, as by a current of water; -- often with off or away..

Detergency :: Detergency (n.) A cleansing quality or power.

Dress :: Dress (v. t.) To adjust; to put in good order; to arrange; specifically: (a) To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready; as, to dress a slain animal; to dress meat; to dress leather or cloth; to dress or trim a lamp; to dress a garden; to dress a horse, by currying and rubbing; to dress grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to dress ores, by sorting and separating them..

Purging :: Purging (n.) The act of cleansing; excessive evacuations; especially, diarrhea..

Purgation :: Purgation (n.) The act of purging; the act of clearing, cleansing, or putifying, by separating and carrying off impurities, or whatever is superfluous; the evacuation of the bowels..

Expurgatory :: Expurgatory (a.) Serving to purify from anything noxious or erroneous; cleansing; purifying.

Purification :: Purification (n.) A cleansing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the extinction of sinful desires, appetites, and inclinations..

Ablution :: Ablution (n.) The water used in cleansing.

Smegmatic :: Smegmatic (a.) Being of the nature of soap; soapy; cleansing; detersive.

Abstergent :: Abstergent (n.) A substance used in cleansing; a detergent; as, soap is an abstergent..

Mundation :: Mundation (n.) The act of cleansing.

Washing :: Washing (n.) The act of one who washes; the act of cleansing with water; ablution.

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