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• Wash

  ·adj Washy; weak. II. Wash ·noun A liquid dentifrice. III. Wash ·noun Ten strikes, or bushels, of ...

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• wash

  Paint for the face, or cosmetic water. Hog-wash; thick and bad beer. ...

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• Black wash

  ·noun ·Alt. of <<Blackwash>>. ...

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• By-wash

  ·noun The outlet from a dam or reservoir; also, a cut to divert the flow of water. ...

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• Wash drawing

  ·add. ·- In water-color painting, work in, or a work done chiefly in, washes, as distinguished from ...

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• Wash sale

  ·add. ·- A sale made in washing. ·see <<Washing>>, ·noun, 3, above. ...

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• Wash stand

  ·add. ·- In a stable or garage, a place in the floor prepared so that carriages or automobiles may b...

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• Wash-off

  ·adj Capable of being washed off; not permanent or durable; — said of colors not fixed by steaming ...

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• Wish-wash

  ·noun Any weak, thin drink. ...

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• Wood-wash

  ·noun ·Alt. of Wood-waxen. ...

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• pan-wash

  See pan ...

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• sheep-wash

  (used as verb) to wash sheep. The word isalso used as a noun, in its ordinary English senses of (1)...

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• a-wash

  Reefs even with the surface. The anchor just rising to the water's edge, in heaving up. ...

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• by-wash

  The outlet of water from a dam or discharge channel. ...

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• wash-strake

  See wash-board ...

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• wash-board

  , or wash-strake. A movable upper strake which is attached by stud-pins on the gunwales of boats t...

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• wash-boards

  A term for the white facings of the old naval uniform. ...

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• wash-water

  A ford. ...

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• wash of an oar

  See blade of an oar ...

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• heave and a-wash

  An encouraging call when the ring of the anchor rises to the surface, and the stock stirs the water....

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