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† ˈbuck-ˌwashing Obs.
[f. buck n.3 + wash v.]
The process of washing coarse and very dirty linen, by boiling it in an alkaline lye (buck n.3), and afterwards beating and rinsing it in clear water; see bucking-washing in bucking vbl. n.1 So buck-washer; also dial. buck-wash.
1598Shakes. Merry W. iii. iii. 164 You were best meddle with buck-washing. 1611Cotgr. Buandiere, a laundresse, or buck-washer. 1829Carlyle Misc. (1857) II. 26 His office of buckwasher, that is of verse corrector to his Majesty. 1845― Cromwell's Lett. & Sp. (1873) I. ii. 11 Such a job of buckwashing. 1879G. F. Jackson Shropsh. Wd.-bk. (E.D.S.) Buch-wesh or weshin', a large wash of heavy, coarse linen..In the buck-wesh no soap was used, but the linen was boiled in the buck-lee. It was then carried to a neighbouring stream or spring, and laid upon a smooth stone or a block..there the linen was beaten with a ‘bat⁓staff’, after which it was well ‘swilled’ in the pure water. |