Wash

wosh, v.t. to cleanse with water: to overflow: to waste away by the action of water: to cover with a thin coat of metal or paint: in mining, to separate from earth by means of water.— v.i. to cleanse one's self, to cleanse clothes with water: to stand water, of clothes: ( coll. ) to stand the test.— n. a washing: the break of waves on the shore: the rough water left behind by a moving ve el: the shallow part of a river or arm of the sea: a marsh or fen: alluvial matter: waste liquor, refuse of food, .: that with which anything is washed: a lotion: a thin coat of paint, metal, .: ( slang ) a fictitious kind of sale of stock or other securities between parties of one interest, or by a broker who is at once the buyer and the seller, and who minds his own interest rather than that of his clients.— adj. Wash′able .— ns. Wash′-ball , a ball of toilet-soap; Wash′-bā′sin , -bowl , Wash′hand bā′sin , a bowl in which to wash face and hands; Wash′-board , a corrugated board for rubbing clothes on in washing: a thin plank placed on a boat's gunwale to prevent the sea from breaking over: a board round the bottom of the walls of a room; Wash′-bott′le , a bottle used by chemists for washing chemical preparations and instruments; Wash′-cloth , a piece of cloth used in washing; Wash′-dirt , earth rich enough in metal to pay for washing; Wash′er , one who washes: a flat ring of iron or leather between the nave of a wheel and the linch-pin, under the head of a screw, .—v.t to lift with washers; Wash′erm an , a man who washes clothes, esp. for hire:— fem. Wash′erwoman ; Wash′-gild′ing , a gilding made with an amalgam of gold from which the mercury is driven off by heat, leaving a coating of gold; Wash′-house , Wash′ing-house , a house for washing clothes in; Wash′ine , state of being watery, weakne , worthle ne ; Wash′ing , the act of cleansing by water: the clothes washed, esp. at one time: what is washed; Was′hing-machine′ , a machine for washing clothes; Wash′ing-pow′der , a powdered preparation used in washing clothes; Wash′ing-up , Wash′-up , cleaning up; Wash′-leath′er , split sheepskin prepared with oil in imitation of chamois, and used for household purposes: buff leather for regimental belts.— adj. Wash′-off , that will not stand washing.— ns. Wash′-out , an erosion of earth by the action of water, the hole made by such; Wash′-pot , a ve el for washing; Wash′-stand , Wash′hand stand , a piece of furniture for holding ewer, basin, and other requisites for washing a person; Wash′-tub , a tub for washing clothes.— adj. Wash′y , watery, moist: thin, feeble.— n. Rain′-wash , a washing away by the force of rain: a deposit formed by rain. [A.S. was can ; Ice. vaska , Ger. waschen .]