WAS , s. as z.; the past tense of the substantive verb; Latin , to be, to exist, whence English is, in the present tense, and was in the past; as, I was; he was
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1. Alluvial matter; substances collected and deposited by water; as the wash of a river.
3. Neptunes salt wash
4. A cosmetic; as a wash for the face, to help the complexion.
5. A lotion; a medical liquid preparation for external application.
6. A superficial stain or color.
7. Waste liquor of a kitchen for hogs.
8. The act of washing the clothes of a family; or the whole quantity washed at once. There is a great wash or a small wash
9. With distillers, the fermentable liquor made b dissolving the proper subject for fermentation and distillation in common water. In the distillery of malt, the wash is made by mixing the water hot, with the malt ground into meal.
10. The shallow part of a river, or arm of the sea; as the wastes in Lincolnshire.
11. The blade of an oar; the thin part, which enters the water and by whose impulse the boat is moved.
12. The color laid on a picture to vary its tints.
13. A substance laid on boards or other work for beauty or preservation.
14. A thin coat of metal.
1. To perform the act of ablution.
2. WASH in Jordan seven times. 2 Kings 5:10 . [Elliptical.]
3. To perform the business of cleansing clothes in water.
4. She can wash and scour.
1. To cleanse by ablution, or by rubbing in water; as, to wash the hands or the body; to wash garments.
2. To wet; to fall on and moisten; as, the rain washes the flowers or plants.
3. To overflow. The tides wash the meadows.
4. To overflow or dash against; to cover with water; as, the waves wash the strand or shore; the sea washes the rocks on the shore or beach.
5. To scrub in water; as, to wash a deck or a floor.
6. To separate extraneous matter from; as, to wash ore; to wash grain.
7. In painting, to lay a color over any work with a pencil, to give it the proper tints, and make it appear more natural. Thus work is washed with a pale red to imitate brick, etc.
9. To squeeze and cleanse in water; as, to wash wool. So sheep are said to be washed, when they are immersed in water and their wool squeezed, by which means it is cleansed.
10. To cleanse by a current of water; as, showers wash the streets.
11. To overlay with a thin coat of metal; as steel washed with silver.
13. But ye are washed, but ye are sanctified. 1 Corinthians 6:11 .
1. Washy; weak.
2. Capable of being washed without injury; washable; as, wash goods.
1. The act of washing; an ablution; a cleansing, wetting, or dashing with water; hence, a quantity, as of clothes, washed at once.
2. A piece of ground washed by the action of a sea or river, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh; a fen; as, the washes in Lincolnshire.
3. Substances collected and deposited by the action of water; as, the wash of a sewer, of a river, etc.
4. Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs.
8. A liquid cosmetic for the complexion.
9. A liquid dentifrice.
10. A liquid preparation for the hair; as, a hair wash.
11. A medical preparation in a liquid form for external application; a lotion.
12. A thin coat of color, esp. water color.
13. A thin coat of metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
15. The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.
16. The flow, swash, or breaking of a body of water, as a wave; also, the sound of it.
17. Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.
1. To perform the act of ablution.
2. To clean anything by rubbing or dipping it in water; to perform the business of cleansing clothes, ore, etc., in water.
3. To bear without injury the operation of being washed; as, some calicoes do not wash.
1. To cleanse by ablution, or dipping or rubbing in water; to apply water or other liquid to for the purpose of cleansing; to scrub with water, etc., or as with water; as, to wash the hands or body; to wash garments; to wash sheep or wool; to wash the pavement or floor; to wash the bark of trees.
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.
3. To waste or abrade by the force of water in motion; as, heavy rains wash a road or an embankment.
4. To remove by washing to take away by, or as by, the action of water; to drag or draw off as by the tide; -- often with away, off, out, etc.; as, to wash dirt from the hands.
6. To overlay with a thin coat of metal; as, steel washed with silver.
A ball of soap, to be used in washing the hands or face.
1. A broad thin plank, fixed occasionally on the top of a boat or other small vessels side, to prevent the sea from breaking over; also, a piece of plank on the sill of a lower deck port for the same purpose.
2. A board in a room, next to the floor.
Capable of being washed off; not permanent or durable; -- said of colors not fixed by steaming or otherwise.
A vessel in which any thing is washed.
Capable of being washed without damage to fabric or color.
2. A board running round, and serving as a facing for, the walls of a room, next to the floor; a mopboard.
3. A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to keep the sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a lower deck port, for the same purpose; -- called also wasteboard.
A basin, or bowl, to hold water for washing one's hands, face, etc.
2. Overflowed; dashed against with water.
3. Covered over with a thin coat, as of metal.
Appearing as if overlaid with a thin layer of different color; -- said of the colors of certain birds and insects.
Washen
Webster's Dictionary 1913
p. p. of Wash.
1. One who, or that which, washes.
2. A ring of metal, leather, or other material, or a perforated plate, used for various purposes, as around a bolt or screw to form a seat for the head or nut, or around a wagon axle to prevent endwise motion of the hub of the wheel and relieve friction, or in a joint to form a packing, etc.
3. A fitting, usually having a plug, applied to a cistern, tub, sink, or the like, and forming the outlet opening.
4. The common raccoon.
5. Same as Washerwoman, 2.
A woman that washes clothes for others or for hire.
1. A woman who washes clothes, especially for hire, or for others.
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And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so.
And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
And the evening and the morning were the third day.
And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.
And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.
And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every bird of flight after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.
And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.