Definitions for: Washing


[n] the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
[n] garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering



Webster (1913) Definition: Wash"ing, n.
1. (Mining) Gold dust procured by washing; also, a place
where this is done; a washery.

2. A thin covering or coat; as, a washing of silver.

3. (Stock Exchanges) The operation of simultaneously buying
and selling the same stock for the purpose of manipulating
the market. The transaction is fictitious, and is
prohibited by stock-exchange rules.

4. (Pottery) The covering of a piece with an infusible
powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports,
while receiving the glaze.


Wash"ing, n.
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 (Zo["o]l.), 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.

Synonyms: laundry, lavation, wash, wash, washables

See Also: ablution, bathing, dishwashing, garment, household linen, laundering, rinse, rinsing, soak, soaking, washing-up, washup, white goods, window-washing, work

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