3. Substances collected and deposited by the action of water; as, the wash of a sewer, of a river, etc.
The wash of pastures, fields, commons, and roads, where rain water hath a long time settled.
Mortimer. 4. Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used
as food for pigs. Shak.
5. (Distilling) (a) The fermented wort before the spirit is extracted. (b) A mixture of dunder, molasses,
water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation. B. Edwards.
6. That with which anything is washed, or wetted, smeared, tinted, etc., upon the surface. Specifically: —
(a) A liquid cosmetic for the complexion.
(b) A liquid dentifrice.
(c) A liquid preparation for the hair; as, a hair wash.
(d) A medical preparation in a liquid form for external application; a lotion.
(e) (Painting) A thin coat of color, esp. water color.
(j) A thin coat of metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
7. (Naut.) (a) The blade of an oar, or the thin part which enters the water. (b) The backward current
or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.
8. The flow, swash, or breaking of a body of water, as a wave; also, the sound of it.
9. Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters. [Prov. Eng.]
Wash ball, a ball of soap to be used in washing the hands or face. Swift. — Wash barrel (Fisheries),
a barrel nearly full of split mackerel, loosely put in, and afterward filled with salt water in order to
soak the blood from the fish before salting. — Wash bottle. (Chem.) (a) A bottle partially filled with
some liquid through which gases are passed for the purpose of purifying them, especially by removing
soluble constituents. (b) A washing bottle. See under Washing. — Wash gilding. See Water gilding.
— Wash leather, split sheepskin dressed with oil, in imitation of chamois, or shammy, and used for
dusting, cleaning glass or plate, etc.; also, alumed, or buff, leather for soldiers' belts.
Wash
(Wash), a.
1. Washy; weak. [Obs.]
Their bodies of so weak and wash a temper.
Beau. & Fl. 2. Capable of being washed without injury; washable; as, wash goods. [Colloq.]
