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ion between a magnanimous policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity. Washington.

A machine for washing linen.

editate a war. I meditate to pass the remainder of life in a state of undisturbed repose. Washington.

nham. The pure and bening light of revelation has had a meliorating influence on mankind. Washington.

Any place where ore, metals, or precious stones are got by digging or washing the soil; as, a placer mine.gold mine

r the like, erected to preserve the remembrance of a person, event, action, etc.; as, the Washington monument; the Bunker Hill monument. Also, a tomb, with memorial inscriptions. On your family's old monument Hang mournful epitaphs, and do all rites That appertain unto a burial. Shak.

An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.

a high hill; -- used always instead of mountain, when put before a proper name; as, Mount Washington; otherwise, chiefly in poetry.

ka (Oncorhinchus nerka), ascending in spring most rivers and lakes from Alaska to Oregon, Washington, and Idaho; --called also red salmon, redfish, blueback, and sawqui.

ther they will be respectable and prosperous, or contemptible and miserable, as a nation. Washington.

To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan. [U. S.] We . . . witnessed the process of cleaning up and panning out, which is the last process of separating the pure gold from the fine dirt and black sand. Gen. W. T. Sherman.

Low, wooded grounds or swamps in Eastern Maryland and Virginia. [Written also poquoson.] Washington.

A long-handled brush for dusting ceilings, etc., also for washing windows. [Cant]

The office of president; as, Washington was elected to the presidency.

(Astron.), the meridian from which longitude is reckoned, as the meridian of Greenwich or Washington. -- Prime minister, the responsible head of a ministry or executive government; applied particularly to that of England. -- Prime mover. (Mech.) (a) A natural agency applied by man to the production of power. Especial…

hak. They progress in that style in proportion as their pieces are treated with contempt. Washington. The war had progressed for some time. Marshall.

ately; given without delay or hesitation; -- said of conduct; as, prompt assistance. When Washington heard the voice of his country in distress, his obedience was prompt. Ames.

nce or acceptance to. Many other things there be which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots. Mark vii. 4.

ns and purposes are substituted for the opposite motives in the heart. He saved us by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Chost. Tit. iii. 5.

To form into a regiment or into regiments. Washington.