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One who whitewashes.

Any weak, thin drink.

or substance; -- originally said of liquids. Fig., weak-minded; spiritless. A weak wishy-washy man who had hardly any mind of his own. A. Trollope.

Same as Woadwaxen.

es the forms in Italic, black letter, etc., are all descended from the old Latin A, which was borrowed from the Greek Alpha, of the same form; and this was made from the first letter (Aleph, and itself from the Egyptian origin. The Aleph was a consonant letter, with a guttural breath sound that was not an element of Gr…

desert, as a person to whom one owes allegiance or fidelity; to quit; to surrender. Hope was overthrown, yet could not be abandoned. I. Taylor.

ncert; to discomfit. Abashed, the devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is. Milton. He was a man whom no check could abash. Macaulay.

; to moderate; toto cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate pride, zeal, hope. His eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. Deut. xxxiv. 7.

Purification by washing the hands before prayer; -- a Mohammedan rite. Heyse.

stical year, corresponding nearly to our April. After the Babylonish captivity this month was called Nisan. Kitto.

20. Followed by by: To abide by. (a) To stand to; to adhere; to maintain. The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first. Fielding.

Wearing away; superficial waste. Tyndall.

Washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent. -- n. (Med.)

The act of washing or cleansing; specifically, the washing of the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.

That which is washed off. [R.] Dwight.

On the point or verge of; going; in act of. Paul was now aboutto open his mouth. Acts xviii. 14.

Earlier in order; higher in the same page; hence, in a foregoing page. "That was said above." Dryden.

A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.

To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; as, to abrade rocks. Lyell.

the house; away from one's abode; as, to walk abroad. I went to St. James', where another was preaching in the court abroad. Evelyn.