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Lavatory :: Lavatory (a.) Washing, or cleansing by washing..

Deluge :: Deluge (n.) A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.)..

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..

Declaration :: Declaration (n.) The document or instrument containing such statement or proclamation; as, the Declaration of Independence (now preserved in Washington)..

Washboard :: Washboard (n.) A fluted, or ribbed, board on which clothes are rubbed in washing them..

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..

Washingtonian :: Washingtonian (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, George Washington; as, a Washingtonian policy..

Accretion :: Accretion (n.) The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark..

Capital :: Capital (n.) Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation; as, Washington and Paris are capital cities..

Washingtonian :: Washingtonian (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, a temperance society and movement started in Baltimore in 1840 on the principle of total abstinence..

Longitude :: Longitude (n.) The arc or portion of the equator intersected between the meridian of a given place and the meridian of some other place from which longitude is reckoned, as from Greenwich, England, or sometimes from the capital of a country, as from Washington or Paris. The longitude of a place is expressed either in degrees or in time; as, that of New York is 74¡ or 4 h. 56 min. west of Greenwich..

Washbowl :: Washbowl (n.) A basin, or bowl, to hold water for washing one's hands, face, etc..

Lool :: Lool (n.) A vessel used to receive the washings of ores of metals.

Dishcloth :: Dishcloth (n.) A cloth used for washing dishes.

Washout :: Washout (n.) The washing out or away of earth, etc., especially of a portion of the bed of a road or railroad by a fall of rain or a freshet; also, a place, especially in the bed of a road or railroad, where the earth has been washed away..

Fast :: Fast (v.) Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors..

Dirt :: Dirt (n.) In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing..

Fecula :: Fecula (n.) Any pulverulent matter obtained from plants by simply breaking down the texture, washing with water, and subsidence..

Wring :: Wring (v. t.) To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing..

Swashway :: Swashing (a.) Resounding; crushing.

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