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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Scrubber :: Scrubber (n.) A gas washer. See under Gas.
Washing :: Washing (n.) The clothes washed, esp. at one time; a wash..
Tossing :: Tossing (n.) A process which consists in washing ores by violent agitation in water, in order to separate the lighter or earhy particles; -- called also tozing, and treloobing, in Cornwall..
Tye :: Tye (n.) A trough for washing ores.
Foulard :: Foulard (n.) A thin, washable material of silk, or silk and cotton, originally imported from India, but now also made elsewhere..
Slop :: Slop (n.) Dirty water; water in which anything has been washed or rinsed; water from wash-bowls, etc..
Hardness :: Hardness (n.) The peculiar quality exhibited by water which has mineral salts dissolved in it. Such water forms an insoluble compound with soap, and is hence unfit for washing purposes..
Swill :: Swill (n.) The wash, or mixture of liquid substances, given to swine; hogwash; -- called also swillings..
Denudation :: Denudation (n.) The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water..
Wash :: Wash (v. t.) To cover with a thin or watery coat of color; to tint lightly and thinly.
Fast :: Fast (v.) Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors..
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..
Wash :: Wash (n.) The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc..
Eyewater :: Eyewater (n.) A wash or lotion for application to the eyes.
Soft :: Soft (superl.) Not tinged with mineral salts; adapted to decompose soap; as, soft water is the best for washing..
Wash :: Wash (v. i.) To clean anything by rubbing or dipping it in water; to perform the business of cleansing clothes, ore, etc., in water..
Awash :: Awash (a.) Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it..
Wash :: Wash (v. i.) To perform the act of ablution.
Strale :: Strake (n.) A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder..
Dilluing :: Dilluing (n.) A process of sorting ore by washing in a hand sieve.
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