ˈwash-water
[f. wash v.]
Water that has been used for washing.
| 1853 Hickie tr. Aristoph. I. 25 Those who pour out their dirty wash-water of an evening. 1856 G. Gore Pract. Chem. in Orr's Circ. Sci. 73 The wash-waters should not be thrown away without first being tested for gold. 1877 Raymond Statist. Mines & Mining 401 The evaporation of the excess of liquid derived from the wash-waters. 1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 69 No trace of bromide could be found in the wash water. 1900 Jrnl. Soc. of Dyers XVI. 12 When, however, wash waters accumulate. |