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A woman who washes clothes, especially for hire, or for others.

The whole region or extent of country which contributes to the supply of a river or lake.

merous species of small marine bivalves belonging to Donax and allied genera in which the shell is wedge-shaped.

One who wishes another well; one who is benevolently or friendlily inclined.

One who cheats at a horse race; one who bets, without a chance of being able to pay; one who receives money to back certain horses and absconds with it. [Written also welcher.] [Slang, Eng.]

One who whitewashes.

Any one of various species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the genus Avicula, in which the hinge border projects like a wing.

According to wish; conformably to desire. [Obs.] Chapman.

One who wishes or desires; one who expresses a wish. Shak.

Any species of Vermetus.

A marine shell of the genus Turbo. See Turbo.

A Yid. [Slang]

ous corruption of have, of he, and sometimes of it and of they. "So would I a done" "A brushes his hat." Shak.

Toward the back or rear; backward. "Therewith aback she started." Chaucer.

Abashed; confounded; discomfited. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of California, clinging closely to the rocks.

hrow or cast down; as, to abase the eye. [Archaic] Bacon. Saying so, he abased his lance. Shelton.

sness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame; to disconcert; to discomfit. Abashed, the devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is. Milton. He was a man whom no check could abash. Macaulay.

The state of being abashed; confusion from shame.

To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price. Nine thousand parishes, abating the odd hundreds. Fuller.