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Wash \Wash\ (w[o^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Washed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Washing}.] [OE. waschen, AS. wascan; akin to D.
wasschen, G. waschen, OHG. wascan, Icel. & Sw. vaska, Dan.
vaske, and perhaps to E. water. [root]150.]
1. 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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When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, . . .
he took water and washed his hands before the
multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of
this just person. --Matt. xxvii.
24.
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2. To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and
moisten; hence, to overflow or dash against; as, waves
wash the shore.
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Fresh-blown roses washed with dew. --Milton.
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[The landscape] washed with a cold, gray mist.
--Longfellow.
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3. To waste or abrade by the force of water in motion; as,
heavy rains wash a road or an embankment.
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4. To remove by washing to take away by, or as by, the action
of water; to drag or draw off as by the tide; -- often
with away, off, out, etc.; as, to wash dirt from the
hands.
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Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins.
--Acts xxii.
16.
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The tide will wash you off. --Shak.
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5. To cover with a thin or watery coat of color; to tint
lightly and thinly.
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6. To overlay with a thin coat of metal; as, steel washed
with silver.
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7. To cause dephosphorisation of (molten pig iron) by adding
substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese
oxide.
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8. To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a
liquid for the purpose of purifying it, esp. by removing
soluble constituents.
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{To wash gold}, etc., to treat earth or gravel, or crushed
ore, with water, in order to separate the gold or other
metal, or metallic ore, through their higher density.

{To wash the hands of}. See under {Hand}.
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Washed \Washed\, a. (Zool.)
Appearing as if overlaid with a thin layer of different
color; -- said of the colors of certain birds and insects.
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