Definition of washing

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Washing (n.) The act of one who washes; the act of cleansing with water; ablution.

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Splenalgia :: Spleget (n.) A cloth dipped in a liquid for washing a sore.
Wash :: 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..
Fecula :: Fecula (n.) Any pulverulent matter obtained from plants by simply breaking down the texture, washing with water, and subsidence..
Maiden :: Maiden (n.) A machine for washing linen.
Clysmic :: Clysmic (a.) Washing; cleansing.
Longitude :: Longitude (n.) The arc or portion of the equator intersected between the meridian of a given place and the meridian of some other place from which longitude is reckoned, as from Greenwich, England, or sometimes from the capital of a country, as from Washington or Paris. The longitude of a place is expressed either in degrees or in time; as, that of New York is 74¡ or 4 h. 56 min. west of Greenwich..
Sequoia :: Sequoia (n.) A genus of coniferous trees, consisting of two species, Sequoia Washingtoniana, syn. S. gigantea, the big tree of California, and S. sempervirens, the redwood, both of which attain an immense height..
Whiting :: Whiting (n.) Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in putty, for cleaning silver, etc..
Hutch :: Hutch (n.) A jig for washing ore.
Soft :: Soft (superl.) Not tinged with mineral salts; adapted to decompose soap; as, soft water is the best for washing..
Tye :: Tye (n.) A trough for washing ores.
Washingtonian :: Washingtonian (n.) A member of the Washingtonian Society.
Lavement :: Lavement (n.) A washing or bathing; also, a clyster..
Abluent :: Abluent (a.) Washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent.
Chinook :: Chinook (n.) One of a tribe of North American Indians now living in the state of Washington, noted for the custom of flattening their skulls. Chinooks also called Flathead Indians..
Washing :: Washing (n.) The clothes washed, esp. at one time; a wash..
Presidency :: Presidency (n.) The office of president; as, Washington was elected to the presidency..
Washingtonian :: Washingtonian (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, George Washington; as, a Washingtonian policy..
Soapberry Tree :: Soapberry tree () Any tree of the genus Sapindus, esp. Sapindus saponaria, the fleshy part of whose fruit is used instead of soap in washing linen; -- also called soap tree..
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..
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