Definition of wash

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Wash (v. i.) To clean anything by rubbing or dipping it in water; to perform the business of cleansing clothes, ore, etc., in water..

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Pan :: Pan (v. t.) To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan..
Ablution :: Ablution (n.) A small quantity of wine and water, which is used to wash the priest's thumb and index finger after the communion, and which then, as perhaps containing portions of the consecrated elements, is drunk by the priest..
Buck :: Buck (n.) Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed..
Hutch :: Hutch (v. t.) To wash (ore) in a box or jig.
Swat :: Swashy (a.) Soft, like fruit that is too ripe; quashy; swash..
Buck :: Buck (v. t.) To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water..
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..
Batlet :: Batlet (n.) A short bat for beating clothes in washing them; -- called also batler, batling staff, batting staff..
Rockweed :: Rockweed (n.) Any coarse seaweed growing on sea-washed rocks, especially Fucus..
Wash :: Wash (n.) A liquid preparation for the hair; as, a hair wash..
Concentrate :: Concentrate (v. t.) To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by evaporation; to concentrate by washing; -- opposed to dilute..
Sperge :: Sperge (n.) A charge of wash for the still.
Bewash :: Bewash (v. t.) To drench or souse with water.
Washingtonian :: Washingtonian (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, a temperance society and movement started in Baltimore in 1840 on the principle of total abstinence..
Swashing :: Swasher (n.) One who makes a blustering show of valor or force of arms.
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..
Dilluing :: Dilluing (n.) A process of sorting ore by washing in a hand sieve.
Whitewash :: Whitewash (v. t.) To apply a white liquid composition to; to whiten with whitewash.
Washstand :: Washstand (n.) A piece of furniture holding the ewer or pitcher, basin, and other requisites for washing the person..
Buddle :: Buddle (n.) An apparatus, especially an inclined trough or vat, in which stamped ore is concentrated by subjecting it to the action of running water so as to wash out the lighter and less valuable portions..
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