Definition of wash

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Wash (v. t.) To remove by washing to take away by, or as by, the action of water; to drag or draw off as by the tide; -- often with away, off, out, etc.; as, to wash dirt from the hands..

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Buck :: Buck (v. t.) To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water..
Slop :: Slop (n.) Dirty water; water in which anything has been washed or rinsed; water from wash-bowls, etc..
Presidency :: Presidency (n.) The office of president; as, Washington was elected to the presidency..
Wash :: Wash (n.) A piece of ground washed by the action of a sea or river, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh; a fen; as, the washes in Lincolnshire..
Wood-wash :: Wood-wash (n.) Alt. of Wood-waxe.
Washy :: Washy (a.) Watery; damp; soft.
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..
Wash :: Wash (n.) A thin coat of color, esp. water color..
Wash :: Wash (v. t.) To cover with a thin or watery coat of color; to tint lightly and thinly.
Unwashed :: Unwashed (a.) Not washed or cleansed; filthy; unclean.
Dolly :: Dolly (n.) A contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore to be washed; a stirrer..
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..
Wash :: Wash (a.) Capable of being washed without injury; washable; as, wash goods..
Washed :: Washed (imp. & p. p.) of Was.
Wesh :: Wesh (imp.) Washed.
Abluent :: Abluent (a.) Washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent.
Dilluing :: Dilluing (n.) A process of sorting ore by washing in a hand sieve.
Washstand :: Washstand (n.) A piece of furniture holding the ewer or pitcher, basin, and other requisites for washing the person..
Wasteboard :: Wasteboard (n.) See Washboard, 3..
Calcimine :: Calcimine (n.) A white or colored wash for the ceiling or other plastering of a room, consisting of a mixture of clear glue, Paris white or zinc white, and water..
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