To cleanse by ablution, or dipping or rubbing in water; to apply water or other liquid to for the purpose of cleansing; to scrub with water, etc., or as with water; as, to wash the hands or body; to wash garments; to wash sheep or wool; to wash the pavement or floor; to wash the bark of trees.
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A washerwoman.
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A washerwoman.
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To wash; to bathe; as, to lave a bruise.
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To wash; to bathe; as, to lave a bruise.
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To wash lightly; to cleanse with a second or repeated application of water after washing.
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To wash lightly; to cleanse with a second or repeated application of water after washing.
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The act of washing or cleansing; specifically, the washing of the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.
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of Bathe
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A lotion made by mixing calomel and lime water.
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of Launder
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To wash lightly; to cleanse with a second or repeated application of water after washing.
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To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the p…
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of Soak
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Any wash or liquid composition for whitening something, as a wash for making the skin fair.
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To beat with a stick; to cudgel.
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A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots; hence, the place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in t…
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To wash out.
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See Gargoyle.
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To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of.
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A part; a portion.
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To wash lightly; to cleanse with a second or repeated application of water after washing.
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To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening; a…
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To press or knead the whole surface of the body of (a person), and at the same time to stretch the limbs and joints, in connection with the hot bath.
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Water impregnated with soap, esp. when worked up into bubbles and froth.
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Any wash or liquid composition for whitening something, as a wash for making the skin fair.
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To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.
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Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.
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To render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection, guilt, etc.; to clean.
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To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.
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To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…
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To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh.
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To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.
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imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.
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See 1st Frith.
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Any article of clothing, as a coat, a gown, etc.
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To wash; to bathe; as, to lave a bruise.
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.
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To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.
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To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.
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To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.
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To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, a…
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To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position
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Taken.
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Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet…
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To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…
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Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…
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of Dampen
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of Dampen
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A washerwoman.
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A washerwoman.
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A laundering; a washing.
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A laundering; a washing.
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One who, or that which, moistens.
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One who, or that which, moistens.
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A moderate degree of wetness.
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A moderate degree of wetness.
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To wash lightly; to cleanse with a second or repeated application of water after washing.
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To wash lightly; to cleanse with a second or repeated application of water after washing.
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Capable of being washed without damage to fabric or color.
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Capable of being washed without damage to fabric or color.
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of Wash
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of Wash
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To wash lightly; to cleanse with a second or repeated application of water after washing.
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To wash lightly; to cleanse with a second or repeated application of water after washing.
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of Rinse
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To clean the oil from (wood) after combing.
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To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
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To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of.
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The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
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A washerwoman.
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A laundering; a washing.
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A washing or cleansing.
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To wash; to bathe; as, to lave a bruise.
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To make damp; to wet in a small degree.
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To raze.
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To wash lightly; to cleanse with a second or repeated application of water after washing.
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of Wash
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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, espec…
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