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quid to for the purpose of cleansing; to scrub with water, etc., or as with water; as, to wash the hands or body; to wash garments; to wash sheep or wool; to wash the pavement or floor; to wash the bark of trees. When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, . . . he took water and washed his hands before the multitud…

In water-color painting, work in, or a work done chiefly in, washes, as distinguished from that done in stipple, in body color, etc.

A sale made in washing. See Washing, n., 3, above.

a stable or garage, a place in the floor prepared so that carriages or automobiles may be washed there and the water run off. [Cant]

Capable of being washed off; not permanent or durable; -- said of colors not fixed by steaming or otherwise.

Capable of being washed without damage to fabric or color.

A fluted, or ribbed, board on which clothes are rubbed in washing them.

A basin, or bowl, to hold water for washing one's hands, face, etc.

A washbowl.

Appearing as if overlaid with a thin layer of different color; -- said of the colors of certain birds and insects.

Same as Wash sale.

p. p. of Wash. Chaucer.

One who, or that which, washes.

A man who washes clothes, esp. for hire, or for others.

A woman who washes clothes, especially for hire, or for others.

An outbuilding for washing, esp. one for washing clothes; a laundry.

The quality or state of being washy, watery, or weak.

The act of one who washes; the act of cleansing with water; ablution.

Pertaining to, or characteristic of, George Washington; as, a Washingtonian policy. Lowell.

The process of treating silver ores by grinding in pans or tubs with the addition of mercury, and sometimes of chemicals such as blue vitriol and salt.