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• washing — noun 1 cleaning sth with water ADJECTIVE ▪ frequent, repeated ▪ shampoo for frequent washing ▪ good, thorough ▪ After a thorough washing, I cut up the stalks and florets …   Collocations dictionary

• Washing — is one way of cleaning, namely with water and often some kind of soap or detergent. Washing is an essential part of good hygiene and health.Often people use soaps and detergents assist in the emulsification of oils and dirt particles so they can… …   Wikipedia

• Washing out mouth with soap — is a form of physical punishment. It is most commonly administered to children for actions such as cursing, lying, or talking back. It is considered symbolic of cleansing out a dirty mouth but is used primarily because some people feel that the… …   Wikipedia

• Washing machine — This article is about the laundry cleaning apparatus. For the Sonic Youth album, see Washing Machine (album). A typical modern front loading washing machine Irreler Bauerntradition shows an early Miele was …   Wikipedia

• washing —    There are a number of beliefs about washing, either the person or clothes, some of which are still current. It was considered unlucky, all over the country, for two people to use the same water to wash their hands. The specific result usually… …   A Dictionary of English folklore

• Washing and anointing — In the Latter Day Saint movement, washing and anointing (also called the initiatory) is an ordinance (sacrament) practiced by certain denominations of the movement in temples as part of the Endowment ceremony. The ordinance consists of a ritual… …   Wikipedia

• washing — Wash Wash, n. 1. The act of washing; an ablution; a cleansing, wetting, or dashing with water; hence, a quantity, as of clothes, washed at once. [1913 Webster] 2. A piece of ground washed by the action of a sea or river, or sometimes covered and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• washing of feet — noun A ritual washing of churchgoers feet by clergy practised by some Christians, especially associated with Maundy Thursday Syn: feet washing, foot washing, mandatum, pedilavium …   Wiktionary

• washing machine — Appliance Ap*pli ance, n. 1. The act of applying; application. [1913 Webster] 2. subservience; compliance. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. A thing applied or used as a means to an end; an apparatus or device; as, to use various appliances; a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• washing soda — Sodium So di*um, n. [NL., fr.E. soda.] (Chem.) A common metallic element of the alkali group, in nature always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc. It is isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so highly reactive that it …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Washing of the Spears — The Washing of the Spears is a classic book about the Zulu Nation under Shaka and the Anglo Zulu War of 1879, written by Donald R. Morris in the 1960s. It includes a wealth of some of the earliest wartime photography …   Wikipedia