washstand

A piece of furniture for hold ing the ewer or pitcher, basin, ., for washing the person. wash-tub, subst. A tub in which clothes are washed. *wash-woman, s. A washerwoman. "You would sooner be taken for her wash -woman." Mi Burney: Evelina , vol. i., let. 14. wash-a-ble, adj. [Eng. wash, v.; -able.] Capable of being washed without injury to the fabric or color. "It has a perfectly smooth, flesh-colored, washable surface."-London Daily Telegraph. *wash-en, pa. par. or a. [WASH, v.] wash-er, s. [Eng. wash, v.; -er.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. One who or that which washes; a washerwoman; a laundre . "Quickly is his laundre , his washer , and his wringer." -Shakesp.: Merry Wives , i. 2. 2. Applied to domestic apparatus for cleansing; as, window- washer , dish- washer , vegetable- washer , . 3. A pavement-plug, where a hose may be at tached to water the street. 4. A contrivance for precipitating smoke or fumes by a shower of water. II. Technically : 1. Mach .: A ring of metal or wood which slips over a bolt, and upon which the nut is screwed fast. Washers are also placed beneath bolt-heads, screwed together. "I asked a poor man how he did; he said he was like a wash-ball, always in decay."- Swift .