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Washing; cleansing.

dichromate and exposed to light under a reversed negative. After the dichromate has been washed out, the film is soaked in glycerin and water. As this treatment causes swelling in those parts of the film which have been acted on by light, a plate results from which impressions can be taken with prepared ink. The alber…

A medicated wash for the mouth.

ody of troops or a military post; -- officially called commissary of subsistence. [U. S.] Washington wrote to the President of Congress . . . urging the appointment of a commissary general, a quartermaster general, a commissary of musters, and a commissary of artillery. W. Irving Commissary general, an officer in charg…

A movable sink for a wash bowl, with closet.

useless material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by evaporation; to concentrate by washing; -- opposed to Ant: dilute. Spirit of vinegar concentrated and reduced to its greatest strength. Arbuthnot.

The act of sprinkling. [Obs.] The conspersion washing the doorposts. Jer. Taylor.

A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth; -- also called a rocker. [U.S.]

The tin ore which collects in the central part of the washing pit or buddle.

ing such statement or proclamation; as, the Declaration of Independence (now preserved in Washington). In 1776 the Americans laid before Europe that noble Declaration, which ought to be hung up in the nursery of every king, and blazoned on the porch of every royal palace. Buckle.

of a garrison, or of troops necessary for defense; as, to degarnish a city or fort. [R.] Washington.

A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.).

A wash for cleaning the teeth.

The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water.

aze and departure in his grounds. Blackstone. A right to cut wood upon or departure land. Washburn.

l, the youngest apprentice in a printing office, who runs on errands, does dirty work (as washing the ink rollers and sweeping), etc. "Without fearing the printer's devil or the sheriff's officer." Macaulay. -- Tasmanian devil (Zoöl.), a very savage carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania (Dasyurus, or Diabolus, ursinus).…

A process of sorting ore by washing in a hand sieve. [Written also deluing.]

In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing. Dirt bed (Geom.), a layer of clayey earth forming a stratum in a geological formation. Dirt beds are common among the coal measures. -- Dirt eating. (a) The use of certain kinds of clay for food, existing among some tribes of Indians; geophagism. Humboldt. (b) (Me…

A cloth used for washing dishes.

Water in which dishes have been washed. "Suds and dishwater." Beau. & Fl.