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a. & n. from Wish, v. t. Wishing bone. See Wishbone. -- Wishing cap, a cap fabled to give one whatever he wishes for when wearing it.

See Yellolegs.

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

Diminishing; as, an ablatitious force. Sir J. Herschel.

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

Blushing; ruddy.

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

The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction. Hooker.

The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or the slave trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc.

e or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.

nce, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish. The armorers accomplishing the knights. Shak. It [the moon] is fully accomplished for all those ends to which Providence did appoint it. Wilkins. These qualities . . . go to accomplish a perfect woman. Cowden Clarke.

The act of accomplishing; entire performance; completion; fulfillment; as, the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc.

er of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.

against danger or an offense; -- followed by of, against, or a subordinate clause. Admonishing one another in psalms and hymns. Col. iii. 16. I warned thee, I admonished thee, foretold The danger, and the lurking enemy. Milton.

A furnishing of something before an equivalent is received (as money or goods), towards a capital or stock, or on loan; payment beforehand; the money or goods thus furnished; money or value supplied beforehand. I shall, with pleasure, make the necessary advances. Jay. The account was made up with intent to show what ad…

owing; as, he was seen from afar; I saw him afar off. The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar. Beattie.

In a flushed or blushing state.

by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.

In a gushing state. Hawthorne.

To support, either by furnishing strength or means in coöperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist. You speedy helpers . . . Appear and aid me in this enterprise. Shak.