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

Unwashen :: Unwashen (a.) Not washed.

Run :: Run (a.) To spread and blend together; to unite; as, colors run in washing..

Blackwash :: Blackwash (n.) A wash that blackens, as opposed to whitewash; hence, figuratively, calumny..

Wash :: Wash (v. i.) To bear without injury the operation of being washed; as, some calicoes do not wash..

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

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..

Launder :: Launder (n.) A washerwoman.

Washer :: Washer (n.) One who, or that which, washes..

Batlet :: Batlet (n.) A short bat for beating clothes in washing them; -- called also batler, batling staff, batting staff..

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..

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

Washy :: Washy (a.) Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble; as, washy tea; washy resolutions..

Washboard :: Washboard (n.) A board running round, and serving as a facing for, the walls of a room, next to the floor; a mopboard..

Soft :: Soft (superl.) Not tinged with mineral salts; adapted to decompose soap; as, soft water is the best for washing..

Pan :: Pan (v. t.) To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan..

Vat :: Vat (n.) A wooden tub for washing ores and mineral substances in.

Wash :: Wash (v. t.) To cover with a thin or watery coat of color; to tint lightly and thinly.

Splenalgia :: Spleget (n.) A cloth dipped in a liquid for washing a sore.

Appellative :: Appellative (n.) A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings, or for universal ideas. Thus, tree is the name of all plants of a particular class; plant and vegetable are names of things that grow out of the earth. A proper name, on the other hand, stands for a single thing; as, Rome, Washington, Lake Erie..

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