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ˈwash-dish
[f. wash v.]
1. dial. = dish-washer 3. [Cf. F. lavandière (Cotgr.).]
1825Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng., Wash-dish, the bird called wagtail. 1862Johns Brit. Birds 625 Wash-dish and Washerwoman, the Pied Wagtail. 1867Rock Jim an' Nell cxxv, 'Twas a wash-dish.
2. A wash-hand basin. U.S.
1805Austin Papers (1924) I. 140, 1 Wash dish. 1839Mrs. Kirkland New Home iv. 26 After the ‘wash dish’ had been used in turn, and various handkerchiefs had performed..the part of towels. 1857Quinland I. ii. i. 275 An iron kettle, which I and all the family used as a common wash-dish before breakfast. 1876Rep. Vermont Board Agric. III. 628 The farmer..was able to furnish a large maple block to set the wash⁓dish on. 1891M. E. Freeman New England Nun & Other Stories 271 I've got my tin wash-dish there on the bench. |