washing : Idioms & Phrases

• (Zoöl.), the raccoon.

Webster 1913

• (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.

Webster 1913

• a liquid used as a cleanser, and consisting usually of alkaline salts resembling soaps in their action.

Webster 1913

• noun a home appliance for washing clothes and linens automatically
  washer; automatic washer.
  

WordNet

• a machine for washing; specifically, a machine for washing clothes.

Webster 1913

• noun a sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper
  sodium carbonate; sal soda; soda ash; soda.
  

WordNet

• . (Chem.) See Sodium carbonate, under Sodium.

Webster 1913

• any earthy deposit containing gold enough to pay for washing it; so called among gold miners.

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