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Washing stuff
(gcide) | Washing \Wash"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who washes; the act of cleansing with
water; ablution.
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2. The clothes washed, esp. at one time; a wash.
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3. (Mining) Gold dust procured by washing; also, a place
where this is done; a washery.
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4. A thin covering or coat; as, a washing of silver.
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5. (Stock Exchanges) The operation of simultaneously buying
and selling the same stock for the purpose of manipulating
the market. The transaction is fictitious, and is
prohibited by stock-exchange rules.
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6. (Pottery) The covering of a piece with an infusible
powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports,
while receiving the glaze.
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Washing bear (Zool.), the raccoon.
Washing bottle (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.
Washing fluid, a liquid used as a cleanser, and consisting
usually of alkaline salts resembling soaps in their
action.
Washing machine, a machine for washing; specifically, a
machine for washing clothes.
Washing soda. (Chem.) See Sodium carbonate, under
Sodium.
Washing stuff, any earthy deposit containing gold enough to
pay for washing it; -- so called among gold miners.
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