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1634 G. Baker tr. A. Paré Apol. in T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xxix. 1156 I will not forget their linnen wherewith they were drest, which was onely rewashed every day.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Tin After this they rewash it, as before, and then dry it a little.

1782 W. Marshall Minutes in Rural Econ. Norfolk (1787) II. 245 The butter is..salted; the salt worked in; re-washed; and re-beaten, until the water come off unsullied.

1805 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 14 449 It will be adviseable to rewash with milk afterward.

1874 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 21 [As much] as would justify their being rewashed for these substances alone.

1940 Brit. Red Cross Soc. Cookery & Catering Man. (ed. 4) xix. 175 Peel and re-wash potatoes and cut in halves or quarters lengthwise.

1988 M. Cohen Living on Water 138 It [sc. a lumberjack shirt] has been washed and rewashed until the soft cotton surrounds her like a security blanket.

1999 C. Mendelson Home Comforts xxvi. 370/2 To remove bluing streaks, rewash.

1833 Paris: Bk. One-hundred-and-one III. 227 Some ticket for a private lottery; affording you the chance..of a box of gilt pasteboard, a re-washed hoop, a silver watch, an English hat.

1908 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 117. 170/1 Inner tubes..made..of the very best quality of Upper River Para rewashed rubber.

1965 G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. vii. 69/2 Detrital gold was mined in the Preservation Inlet area from rewashed glacial debris.

2007 Sacramento (Calif.) Bee (Nexis) 31 Oct. f1 Properly rewashed bottles were cleaner and less expensive than new ones.