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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.

A pot or vessel in which anything is washed.

A piece of furniture holding the ewer or pitcher, basin, and other requisites for washing the person.

A tub in which clothes are washed.

Watery; damp; soft. "Washy ooze." Milton.

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.

To clean the oil from (wood) after combing.

To drench or souse with water. "Let the maids bewash the men." Herrick.

A wash that blackens, as opposed to whitewash; hence, figuratively, calumny. To remove as far as he can the modern layers of black wash, and let the man himself, fair or foul, be seen. C. Kingsley.

The outlet from a dam or reservoir; also, a cut to divert the flow of water.

One who, or that which, washes dishes.

See Eyewater.

Swill. Arbuthnot.

To overflow. Holinshed.

An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work. Moxon. Swash plate (Mach.), a revolving circular plate, set obliquely on its shaft, and acting as a cam to give a reciprocating motion to a rod in a direction parallel to the shaft.

A bully or braggadocio; a swaggering, boastful fellow; a swaggerer. Milton.

One who makes a blustering show of valor or force of arms. Shak.

Swaggering; hectoring. "A swashing and martial outside." Shak.

Same as 4th Swash, 2.

Soft, like fruit that is too ripe; quashy; swash. [Prov. Eng.]