WASHINESS
Wash"i*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being washy, watery, or weak.
WASHING
Wash"ing, n.
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 (Zoöl.), 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.
WASHINGTONIAN
Wash`ing*to"ni*an, a.
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 the principle of total abstinence. — n.
Defn: A member of the Washingtonian Society.
WASHOE PROCESS
Wash"oe proc`ess. [From the Washoe district, Nevada.]