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Same as Washerwoman, 2. [Prov. Eng.]

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

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

One who, or that which, washes dishes.

One who makes a blustering show of valor or force of arms. Shak.

One who extracts the residuum of precious metals from the sweepings, potsherds, etc., of refineries of gold and silver, or places where these metals are used.

One who whitewashes.

Something to give a bluish tint, as indigo, or preparations used by washerwomen.

A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down.

An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.

Any ring or washer of packing.

-- Sugar baker's itch, a variety of eczema, due to the action of sugar upon the skin. -- Washerwoman's itch, eczema of the hands and arms, occurring among washerwomen.

A washerwoman. [Obs.]

One who laves; a washer. [Obs.]

A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building.

A gas washer. See under Gas.

A swaggering fellow; a swasher.

the thumb. Mortimer. -- Thumb blue, indigo in the form of small balls or lumps, used by washerwomen to blue linen, and the like. -- Thumb latch, a door latch having a lever formed to be pressed by the thumb. -- Thumb mark. (a) The mark left by the impression of a thumb, as on the leaves of a book. Longfellow. (b) T…

name is applied also to other allied species having similar colors. Called also pied dishwasher. -- Wagtail flycatcher, a true flycatcher (Sauloprocta motacilloides) common in Southern Australia, where it is very tame, and frequents stock yards and gardens and often builds its nest about houses; -- called also black…

Same as Washerwoman, 2. [Prov. Eng.]