† mill-washv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To wash (fabric) in a washing-mill as part of a bleaching process.
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1756 F. Home Exper. Bleaching 27 [The cloth] is rinsed, mill-washed, and laid out to dry again.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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