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ng on a vertical axis by a handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore to be washed; a stirrer.

Refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine or cows; hogwash; waste matter. Prodigals lately come from swine keeping, from eating draff and husks. Shak. The draff and offal of a bygone age. Buckle. Mere chaff and draff, much better burnt. Tennyson.

To withdraw. [Obs.] Chaucer. Go wash thy face, and draw the action. Shak.

To free from acids, salts, or other soluble substances, by washing; to purify. [R.]

That which is poured out, literally or figuratively. Wash me with that precious effusion, and I shall be whiter than sow. Eikon Basilike. The light effusions of a heedless boy. Byron.

Pouring out; pouring forth freely. "Washed with the effusive wave." Pope. Effusive rocks (Geol.), volcanic rocks, in distinction from so-called intrusive, or plutonic, rocks. -- Ef*fu"sive*ly, adv. -- Ef*fu"sive*ness, n.

To wash out. [R.] Arbuthnot.

To wash or strain out so as to purify; as, to elutriate the blood as it passes through the lungs; to strain off or decant, as a powder which is separated from heavier particles by being drawn off with water; to cleanse, as by washing.

lder; to puzzle; as, to entangle the feet in a net, or in briers. "Entangling alliances." Washington. The difficulties that perplex men's thoughts and entangle their understandings. Locke. Allowing her to entangle herself with a person whose future was so uncertain. Froude.

Washington; -- a nickname alluding to the abundance of evergreen trees.

t not be contravened by an express article admitting the exchangeability of such persons. Washington.

A wash or lotion for application to the eyes.

d; renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; as, the fame of Washington. I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited. Shak.

Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors.

Any pulverulent matter obtained from plants by simply breaking down the texture, washing with water, and subsidence. Especially:

d adoption; a member of the political party which favored the administration of president Washington.

The white, albuminous mass remaining after washing lean beef or other meat with water until all coloring matter is removed; the fibrous portion of the muscle tissue; flesh fibrin.

A thin, washable material of silk, or silk and cotton, originally imported from India, but now also made elsewhere.

The worn sides of river banks, where ores, or stones containing them, accumulate by being washed down from the hills, and thus indicate to the miners the locality of the veins.

To gargle; to rinse or wash, as the mouth and throat. [Obs.] Bacon.