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ˈwater-washed, pa. pple. and ppl. a. Drenched with water; swept, flushed, or inundated by running water.
1826J. G. Whittier Exile's Departure in Poet. Wks. (1898) 521/1 The forest-crown'd hill and the water-wash'd strand. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. II. xv. 157 Rounded fragments of water-washed greenstone. 1860Tristram Gt. Sahara v. 89 All these apparently ancient sea-beaches show traces of having been waterwashed only on their north sides. 1883G. C. Davies Norfolk Broads ii. 13 The reed-covered water⁓washed bank. |