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Webster 1913 Edition
Washing
Wash′ing
,Noun.
1.
The act of one who washes; the act of cleansing with water; ablution.
2.
The clothes washed, esp. at one time; a wash.
Washing bear
(Zool.)
, the raccoon.
– Washing bottle
(Chem.)
, a bottle fitted with glass tubes passing through the cork, so that on blowing into one of the tubes a stream of water issuing from the other may be directed upon anything to be washed or rinsed, as a precipitate upon a filter, etc.
– Washing fluid
, a liquid used as a cleanser, and consisting usually of alkaline salts resembling soaps in their action.
– Washing machine
, a machine for washing; specifically, a machine for washing clothes.
– Washing soda
. (Chem.)
See
– Sodium carbonate
, under Sodium
. Washing stuff
, any earthy deposit containing gold enough to pay for washing it; – so called among gold miners.
Webster 1828 Edition
Washing
WASHING
,ppr.
WASHING
,Noun.
1.
The act of cleansing with water; ablution. Hebrews 9.2.
A wash; or the clothes washed.