Wash () The flow, swash, or breaking of a body of water, as a wave; also, the sound of it.

Wash () Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.

Wash () Washy; weak.

Wash () Capable of being washed without injury; washable; as, wash goods.

Washable () Capable of being washed without damage to fabric or color.

Washboard () A fluted, or ribbed, board on which clothes are rubbed in washing them.

Washboard () A board running round, and serving as a facing for, the walls of a room, next to the floor; a mopboard.

Washboard () A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to keep the sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a lower deck port, for the same purpose; -- called also wasteboard.

Washbowl () A basin, or bowl, to hold water for washing one's hands, face, etc.

Washdish () A washbowl.

Washdish () Same as Washerwoman, 2.

Washed () Appearing as if overlaid with a thin layer of different color; -- said of the colors of certain birds and insects.

Washen () p. p. of Wash.

Washer () One who, or that which, washes.

Washer () A ring of metal, leather, or other material, or a perforated plate, used for various purposes, as around a bolt or screw to form a seat for the head or nut, or around a wagon axle to prevent endwise motion of the hub of the wheel and relieve friction, or in a joint to form a packing, etc.

Washer () A fitting, usually having a plug, applied to a cistern, tub, sink, or the like, and forming the outlet opening.

Washer () The common raccoon.

Washer () Same as Washerwoman, 2.

Washermen () of Washerman

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

Washerwomen () of Washerwoman

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

Washerwoman () The pied wagtail; -- so called in allusion to its beating the water with its tail while tripping along the leaves of water plants.

Washhouse () An outbuilding for washing, esp. one for washing clothes; a laundry.

Washiness () The quality or state of being washy, watery, or weak.

Washing () The act of one who washes; the act of cleansing with water; ablution.

Washing () The clothes washed, esp. at one time; a wash.

Washingtonian () Pertaining to, or characteristic of, George Washington; as, a Washingtonian policy.

Washingtonian () Designating, or pertaining to, a temperance society and movement started in Baltimore in 1840 on the principle of total abstinence.

Washingtonian () A member of the Washingtonian Society.

Wash-off () Capable of being washed off; not permanent or durable; -- said of colors not fixed by steaming or otherwise.

Washout () The washing out or away of earth, etc., especially of a portion of the bed of a road or railroad by a fall of rain or a freshet; also, a place, especially in the bed of a road or railroad, where the earth has been washed away.

Washpot () A pot or vessel in which anything is washed.

Washpot () A pot containing melted tin into which the plates are dipped to be coated.

Washstand () A piece of furniture holding the ewer or pitcher, basin, and other requisites for washing the person.

Washtub () A tub in which clothes are washed.

Washy () Watery; damp; soft.

Washy () Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble; as, washy tea; washy resolutions.

Washy () Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labor; as, a washy horse.

Wasite () A variety of allanite from Sweden supposed to contain wasium.

Wasium () A rare element supposed by Bahr to have been extracted from wasite, but now identified with thorium.

Wasp () Any one of numerous species of stinging hymenopterous insects, esp. any of the numerous species of the genus Vespa, which includes the true, or social, wasps, some of which are called yellow jackets.

Waspish () Resembling a wasp in form; having a slender waist, like a wasp.

Waspish () Quick to resent a trifling affront; characterized by snappishness; irritable; irascible; petulant; snappish.

Wassail () An ancient expression of good wishes on a festive occasion, especially in drinking to some one.

Wassail () An occasion on which such good wishes are expressed in drinking; a drinking bout; a carouse.

Wassail () The liquor used for a wassail; esp., a beverage formerly much used in England at Christmas and other festivals, made of ale (or wine) flavored with spices, sugar, toast, roasted apples, etc.; -- called also lamb's wool.

Wassail () A festive or drinking song or glee.

Wassail () Of or pertaining to wassail, or to a wassail; convivial; as, a wassail bowl.

Wassail () To hold a wassail; to carouse.

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