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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Washy :: Washy (a.) Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labor; as, a washy horse..
Wash :: Wash (v. i.) To bear without injury the operation of being washed; as, some calicoes do not wash..
Burr :: Burr (n.) A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down..
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..
Black Wash :: Black wash (n.) Alt. of Blackwas.
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..
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..
Launder :: Launder (n.) A washerwoman.
Swashbuckler :: Swash (n.) A swaggering fellow; a swasher.
Maiden :: Maiden (n.) A machine for washing linen.
Bucking :: Bucking (n.) A washing.
Lave :: Lave (v. i.) To bathe; to wash one's self.
Wash :: Wash (n.) The act of washing; an ablution; a cleansing, wetting, or dashing with water; hence, a quantity, as of clothes, washed at once..
Hogwash :: Hogwash (n.) Swill.
Swash :: Swashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swas.
Strale :: Strake (n.) A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder..
By-wash :: By-wash (n.) The outlet from a dam or reservoir; also, a cut to divert the flow of water..
Washy :: Washy (a.) Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble; as, washy tea; washy resolutions..
Lantern :: Lantern (n.) A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light; such as the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral..
Wash :: Wash (a.) Washy; weak.
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