Definitions
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- verb wash with water
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Examples
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She untied the mouth and ran out into my hand as pretty a stream of gold as I have ever seen – coarse gold, placer gold, some large dust, but mostly nuggets, and it was so fresh and rough that it scarcely showed signs of water-wash.
The Night-Born 2010
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It turned out to be the banks of what was once a fresh-water lake; the water-wash is quite distinct.
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She untied the mouth and ran out into my hand as pretty a stream of gold as I have ever seen -- coarse gold, placer gold, some large dust, but mostly nuggets, and it was so fresh and rough that it scarcely showed signs of water-wash.
The Night Born 1913
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She untied the mouth and ran out into my hand as pretty a stream of gold as I have ever seen — coarse gold, placer gold, some large dust, but mostly nuggets; and it was so fresh and rough that it scarely showed signs of water-wash.
The Night-Born 1911
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It turned out to be the banks of what was once a fresh-water lake; the water-wash is quite distinct.
Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart John McDouall Stuart 1840
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Lewatit GF 202 is capable of producing biodiesel qualities compliant with the European standard EN 14214 without having to utilize a costly water-wash or once-use filtration aids.
India Press Release LANXESS India Private Limited 2009
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