Definition of wash

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Wash (n.) The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc..

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Blackwash :: Blackwash (n.) A wash that blackens, as opposed to whitewash; hence, figuratively, calumny..
Wring :: Wring (v. t.) To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing..
Swash :: Swash (v. i.) To dash or flow noisily, as water; to splash; as, water swashing on a shallow place..
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..
Black Wash :: Black wash (n.) Alt. of Blackwas.
Swash :: Swash (n.) A blustering noise; a swaggering behavior.
Washy :: Washy (a.) Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labor; as, a washy horse..
Eyewater :: Eyewater (n.) A wash or lotion for application to the eyes.
Wash :: Wash (n.) A thin coat of color, esp. water color..
Beach :: Beach (n.) The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand..
Abluent :: Abluent (a.) Washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent.
Smithsonian :: Smithsonian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Englishman J. L. M. Smithson, or to the national institution of learning which he endowed at Washington, D. C.; as, the Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Reports..
Calcimine :: Calcimine (v. t.) To wash or cover with calcimine; as, to calcimine walls..
Wash :: Wash (v. t.) To cover with a thin or watery coat of color; to tint lightly and thinly.
Wood-wash :: Wood-wash (n.) Alt. of Wood-waxe.
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..
Swashbuckler :: Swash (n.) A swaggering fellow; a swasher.
Wash :: Wash (n.) A liquid cosmetic for the complexion.
Swab :: Swab (n.) To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship..
Elute :: Elute (v. t.) To wash out.
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