Word Meanings - WASHHOUSE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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

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• WASHHOUSE
  An outbuilding for washing, esp. one for washing clothes; a laundry.
• 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. Mar. Di (more info) 1. A fluted, or ribbed, board on which
• CLOTHESLINE
  A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry.
• OUTBUILD
  To exceed in building, or in durability of building.
• WASHSTAND
  A piece of furniture holding the ewer or pitcher, basin, and other requisites for washing the person.
• LAUNDRYMAN
  A man who follows the business of laundering.
• WASHY
  1. Watery; damp; soft. "Washy ooze." Milton. 2. Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble; as, washy tea; washy resolutions. A polish . . . not over thin and washy. Sir H. Wotton. 3. Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely
• WASHED SALE
  See SALE
• 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.
• WASHINESS
  The quality or state of being washy, watery, or weak.
• CLOTHESHORSE
  A frame to hang clothes on.
• WASHING
  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 , the raccoon. -- Washing bottle , a bottle fitted with glass tubes passing through the cork, so that on blowing
• WASHER
  A fitting, usually having a plug, applied to a cistern, tub, sink, or the like, and forming the outlet opening. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, washes. 2. A ring of metal, leather, or other material, or a perforated plate, used for various
• WASHOE PROCESS
  The process of treating silver ores by grinding in pans or tubs with the addition of mercury, and sometimes of chemicals such as blue vitriol and salt.
• WASH STAND
  In a stable or garage, a place in the floor prepared so that carriages or automobiles may be washed there and the water run off.
• WASHERMAN
  A man who washes clothes, esp. for hire, or for others.
• WASHINGTONIAN
  A member of the Washingtonian Society. (more info) 1. Pertaining to, or characteristic of, George Washington; as, a Washingtonian policy. Lowell. 2. Designating, or pertaining to, a temperance society and movement started in Baltimore in 1840 on
• WASHDISH
  See 2 (more info) 1. A washbowl.
• WASHTUB
  A tub in which clothes are washed.
• CLOTHESPIN
  A forked piece of wood, or a small spring clamp, used for fastening clothes on a line.
• SWASHY
  Soft, like fruit that is too ripe; quashy; swash.
• AWASH
  Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it.
• BEDCLOTHES
  Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak.
• SWASHING
  1. Swaggering; hectoring. "A swashing and martial outside." Shak. 2. Resounding; crushing. "Swashing blow." Shak.
• HOGWASH
  Swill. Arbuthnot.
• SMALLCLOTHES
  A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches.
• WHITEWASHER
  One who whitewashes.
• SWASHER
  One who makes a blustering show of valor or force of arms. Shak.