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.
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.
Fresh-blown roses washed with dew. --Milton.
[The landscape] washed with a cold, gray mist.
--Longfellow.
3. To waste or abrade by the force of water in motion; as,
heavy rains wash a road or an embankment.
2. The clothes washed, esp. at one time; a wash.
{Washing bear} (Zo["o]l.), 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.
2. A thin covering or coat; as, a washing of silver.
3. (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.
4. (Pottery) The covering of a piece with an infusible
powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports,
while receiving the glaze.