rinsen.

Brit.

/rɪns/, U.S.

/rɪns/

Forms: see rinse v.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: rinse v.

Etymology: < rinse v. Compare earlier rinsing n.In forms corresponding to the γ. forms at rinse v. now chiefly in sense 1.

1. Scottish. A small, tied bundle of twigs (esp. of heather) cut evenly across and used for scouring out pots or other vessels. Now historical and rare.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing table utensils > [noun] > equipment for washing or drying table utensils

water-clothOE

neck towel1493

dish-clout1530

mop1683

bottlebrush1685

rinse1738

tea-cloth1770

dishcloth1828

dish-rag1839

tea-towel1863

dish-towel1869

dish-pan1872

lappie1892

dish-mop1897

washing-up cloth1973

1738 in J. Colville Ochtertyre House Bk. of Accomps (1907) 118/1 For eggs 0 0 1. For ranges 0 0 1.

1793 (title) The broom besom, and heather rinses.

1800 J. Headrick in Communications to Board of Agric. II. 264 Long heath..makes excellent rinses for scrubbing milk vessels.

1829 Health & Longevity 151 Traversing the woods and fields in quest of materials for his besoms and rinzes.

1852 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. §1239. 271/2 To keep the stone troughs always sweet and clean, they should be washed out and scrubbed with a heather rinse once a-day.

1879 J. White Jottings 287 Fine heather rinses, Better never grew, Besoms for a penny, Rinses for a plack.

1885 D. Beveridge Culross & Tulliallan II. xxii. 216 Industry was carried on in the manufacture of heather reenges and besoms. The former consists of a number of stalks of heath bound together,..a most useful implement for rinsing and cleansing pots and pans.

1907 Publ. Sc. Hist. Soc. Gloss. 257 Ranges, A sort of brush made of twigs of heather, tied together and trimmed, for cleaning pots. Generally called a reenge, from rinse (cp. Ger. rein pure).

1979 B. Whyte Yellow on Broom xxiii. 65 These heather brooms were used widely for cleaning out stables, byres, courtyards, doorsteps, and nearly every house had a heather pot-reenge.

2. Chiefly technical. An act of rinsing something with a liquid or solution in order to coat it.

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1811 Female Instructor 531 Let your vessels be thoroughly clean and dry; and before you put in the wine, give them a rinse with a little brandy.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) III. 207/2 No doubt the final rinse of spirits helps the gelatine to resist decomposition.

1953 A. C. Dahlberg et al. Sanitary Milk Control d. vi. 59 (table) Number of plants with chlorine rinse of bottles.

1993 Focal Encycl. of Photogr. (ed. 3) 62/1 An effort to solve the problem was most often made by incorporating wax-like materials during manufacture of the material, by using a rinse containing a humectant (moistening agent such as glycerin) following its processing.

a. An act of rinsing something in clean water (or in some other liquid) in order to remove impurities, soap, etc.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > [noun] > rinsing

rinsinga1400

rinse1837

sluicing1839

sind1899

1837 R. Huish Female's Friend 686/2 Take the gown out of the alum, and give it a slight rinse in cold water.

1882 J. Longmuir & D. Donaldson Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (rev. ed.) IV. at Ringe Gie the claes a ringe in cauld water.

1917 Camera Craft Dec. 520/1 After development a rinse only is needed before the print is put into the darkening bath.

1986 E. David Omelette & Glass of Wine 33 A rinse in a colander under running cold water.

2005 D. Lambert in J. Barto & J. Mackenzie Humor, Heartache, & Harrowing Tales 30 When all the clothes had their first rinse, the soapy side was drained and refilled with clean water for the second rinse.

b. colloquial. A wash. Also with off. rare.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > [noun] > an act of washing

wash1663

souse1741

rinse1837

wash-out1877

slush1902

sloosh1919

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxv. 264 ‘I may as vel have a rinse’, replied Mr. Weller, applying plenty of yellow soap to the towel.

1908 F. T. Bullen Son of Sea i. 7 Jemmy, this mucky morning has made my hands dirty, an' I'm going to wash 'em. Won't you come and have a rinse too?

2001 M. Kondracke Saving Milly v. 163 After a rinse-off, I wrap Milly in towels.

4. A solution used to cleanse the mouth by being swilled around and then spat out; esp. a mouthwash.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > water or solutions > for washing the mouth

collution1601

rinse1888

1888 J. F. Duthie Fodder Grasses Northern India 21 A decoction of the root is used as a rinse for the mouth in cases of fever.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 26 Jan. 10/2 The best rinse for the smoker is a glass of water in which a teaspoonful of table~salt has been dissolved.

1953 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 53 184/2 The use of plain tap water as a mouth rinse will serve the same purpose.

2002 Cat Fancy Feb. 53/1 A mouth rinse for our cat..contains 12 percent chlorhexidine gloconate.

a. A preparation for conditioning or temporarily tinting the hair.

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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > preparations used on the hair > [noun] > colours

wash1670

permanent dye1815

blondine1888

hair lightener1892

washable distemper1894

reng1901

tint1921

blue rinse1924

rinse1928

permanent tint1960

powder colour1966

toner1966

1928 Daily Mail 25 July 3/6 Though the price of Icilma Shampoos remains at 3d., each packet now contains a wonderful Toning Rinse suitable for every shade of hair, which removes all trace of lather, and leaves the hair in a state of exquisite burnished beauty.

1958 J. Cannan And be Villain vii. 155 Age must be disguised, hushed up with dyes and rinses.

1962 D. Lessing Golden Notebk. iii. 345 ‘I did try a rinse,’ he remarked, ‘but the grey shows through.’

1997 N. J. Coney Compl. Soapmaker viii. 104/1 A good hair rinse will..bring out the highlights in your hair and will enhance its natural color.

b. An application of such a preparation to the hair. Cf. blue rinse n.

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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > [noun] > colouring > application of a colour

Whitechapel shave1863

blue rinse1924

lowlighting1936

rinse1942

tint1979

1942 M. Dickens One Pair of Feet ix. 189 I think I shall go and have a platinum rinse next payday.

1948 M. Sturges-Jones In Wedlock Wake 137 Why don't you try a blond rinse?.. It wouldn't make you look bleached.

1977 B. Pym Quartet in Autumn i. 2 Letty knew that there were white hairs interspersed with the brown and that most people would have had a brightening ‘rinse’ anyway.

2003 Independent 13 Mar. 18/4 It would certainly be interesting to see the reaction if you went in and asked for a tapered blow-wave with a full rinse, condition and course of gel.

Compounds

C1.

rinse water n.

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1832 Mechanics' Mag. 7 Apr. 2/1 An apparatus..for the purpose of pressing the rinse water from the linen, woollen, and other articles, washed at that establishment.

1924 Amer. Mercury Dec. 454/2 Today the hot rinse-water lapped at his hands with a warmth singularly grateful.

2007 M. Seneviratne Pract. Approach to Water xv. 351 The effluent known as permeate can then be used as wash water or as rinse water.

C2.

rinse aid n. a liquid used in dishwashers to prevent the final rinse from leaving streaks on the china, glass, etc., while drying.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > rinse-aid

rinse aid1963

1963 Which? 6 Feb. 50/1 Five [dishwashing] machines..supplied rinse aids. These are liquids added to the final rinse water to make it flow more easily and prevent it from remaining as drops on the surface.

2008 Irish News (Nexis) 13 Oct. Take the dishwasher for example. Insert detergent cube, salt and rinse-aid, three irritating but necessary processes, but handier than standing up to your elbows in greasy water.

rinse cycle n. the stage in the operation of a washing machine or dishwasher in which items are rinsed in clean water to remove any remaining detergent.

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1944 U.S. Patent 2,347,190 10/2 The rinse cycle is approximately 4 ½ minutes.

1950 Chicago Tribune 27 Aug. iii. a/2 Seven gallons of water are used during the washing and rinse cycle.

2005 C. Mendelson Laundry i. x. 150 You would have to add quaternaries at the beginning of the rinse cycle, as they are inactivated by detergents.

rinse heather n. Scottish (now rare) the cross-leaved heath, Erica tetralix, used for making a rinse (see sense 1).

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1805 Scots Mag. Mar. 180 E[rica] tetralix, rinze heather.

1888 J. A. Harvie-Brown & T. E. Buckley Vertebr. Fauna Outer Hebrides p. viii Three principal species of heather in the Outer Hebrides are Erica vulgaris, common heath ; Erica cinerea, bell-heather ; and Erica tetralix, rinze heather.

1940 F. F. Darling Island Years viii. 192 Fladda..has a poor herbage containing more sedge and rinze heather than grass.

rinse–hold n. (also rinse and hold) (a) (on a dishwasher) a programme or setting for rinsing items without performing a full wash cycle; (b) (on a washing machine) a programme or setting for holding laundry in a small amount of water after washing, without performing a spin cycle.

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1961 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 2 Apr. (Home section) 8 One of the automatic dishwashers has a rinse and hold button.

1984 Which? Jan. 55/3 Some machines drain out the water after the rinse hold—you either drip-dry this washing or programme a separate spin.

1994 E. A. Bruun How to get Red Wine out of White Carpet (2001) 250 If only a few of the dishes are soiled, don't use the ‘rinse hold’. It uses 3 to 7 gallons of water.

1997 Independent (Nexis) 21 Sept. 11 Get him to try to program the washing machine to do a delicate cycle, half-load with rinse-hold.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

rinsev.

Brit.

/rɪns/, U.S.

/rɪns/

Forms:

α. Middle English rineside (past participle), Middle English ryynce, Middle English–1500s rynce, Middle English–1500s rynse, Middle English–1600s (1800s– English regional and U.S. regional) rense, Middle English– rinse, late Middle English ryyntyn (transmission error), 1500s wrinse, 1500s–1700s rence, 1500s– rince (now nonstandard), 1600s reinse, 1700s–1800s rinze, 1900s– reince (English regional (Nottinghamshire)); N.E.D. (1909) also records a form late Middle English ryynse.

β. Middle English rynesh, Middle English rynsche, Middle English rynshe, 1500s rensch, 1500s rinche, 1500s rynche, 1500s–1600s (1800s– English regional) wrench, 1500s– rench (now English regional), 1600s (1800s– English regional (northern)) rensh, 1600s (1900s– English regional (Nottinghamshire)) rinsh, 1600s– rinch (now English regional (northern)), 1800s– ranch (English regional); U.S. regional 1800s rainch, 1800s– rench, 1800s– rensh, 1800s– wrench, 1900s– ranch, 1900s– rinch (chiefly southern and south Midland), 1900s– rinsh (chiefly southern and south Midland); Scottish 1800s rench, 1800s rensh; Irish English (northern) 1800s– rench, 1900s– rainch, 1900s– rensh, 1900s– rinch, 1900s– rinsh.

γ. 1500s renge, 1800s– range (English regional (northern)), 1800s– rinje (English regional (northern)), 1900s– ringe (English regional (northern)); Scottish 1700s– range, 1800s rainge, 1800s reinge, 1800s– reenge, 1800s– ringe; Irish English (northern) 1800s– range, 1900s– renge, 1900s– ringe.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French rincer.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman ryncer, Anglo-Norman and Middle French rincer, Middle French rainsier , rinser , reinser , rainchier , raincer , rainser (French rincer ) to clean by washing in water and rubbing (beginning of the 13th cent. in Old French, a1382 or earlier with reference to cleaning the mouth, 1530 with reference to laundry), to clear land (1307 or earlier), probably a variant of Old French recincier , rechinchier , etc. (late 12th cent.; Middle French rechinchier , recinchier , ressincier , French regional (Amiens) †rechinser , (Picardy) rechincher < post-classical Latin recentiare to renew (13th cent. in a British source), variant of recentare to refresh, renew (6th cent.), active form corresponding to classical Latin recentārī to be renewed < recent- , recēns fresh, recently made (see recent adj.). With Old French recincier compare post-classical Latin recincerare, resincerare (13th cent. in British sources).The similarity in form and meaning to Old Icelandic hreinsa , Old Swedish rensa (Swedish rensa ), Old Danish rensæ (Danish rense ), all in sense ‘to cleanse’ ( < the Scandinavian base of Old Icelandic hrein clean (ultimately < the same Indo-European base as ridder n.¹) + the Scandinavian base of Old Icelandic -sa , suffix forming verbs from adjectives and nouns: see discussion at cleanse v.), is probably coincidental. Attested earlier in a surname: Willelmus Rinsfet (1240). The following quot., with the sense ‘to grease (a cooking vessel) by rinsing with oil or fat’, probably shows an isolated example of a variant of the present word (compare sense 3b):a1450 in T. Austin Two 15th-cent. Cookery-bks. (1888) 39 Take a longe Pecher, al a-bowte ouer alle þat it be ransched; þan held out þin grece & fulle þi Pechir of þin farsure. With rinse-pitcher n. at Compounds compare Middle French rinceur de godets (see rinser n.).

†1. intransitive. Of a priest: to clean the chalice and fingers with wine and water after the Eucharist. Obsolete.

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society > faith > worship > parts of service > post-communion > [verb (transitive)] > cleanse

rinsea1400

purify1727

a1400 (?c1300) Lay Folks Mass Bk. (Royal) (1879) l. 575 (MED) Loke pater-noster þou be sayande, I-whils þo preste is rynsande.

a1450 Ordination of Nuns (Vesp.) in E. A. Kock Rule St. Benet (1902) 149 (MED) Qwen þe prelete hase vsede & rineside, þan sal scho be howseld of hym.

†2. transitive. To clear land by removal of crops. Obsolete.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > clear of refuse [verb (transitive)]

winnowa900

rinse?a1400

rid1421

redd1446

rede1450

card1612

unrubbish1645

flux1651

ripe1720

ream1967

?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 321 (MED) Þe kynges oste at gesse in þe Est mad lardere..More & mede did rynce, wod & playn he brent.

a. transitive. To wash out or clean (a cup, bowl, or other vessel used for eating, drinking, etc.) by pouring in, swirling around, and emptying out clean water. Also with out.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing table utensils > wash table utensils [verb (transitive)] > rinse

rinse1440

α.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 434 Ryyntyn [?a1475 Winch. Ryyncyn], rigo..lavaculo [Winch. adds lauillo].

a1500 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 7 Recenta michi hunc ciphum, rynce this cuppe.

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. xlv Suche force nat of theyr soules But laboure in rynsynge pecis cuppis and bowles.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Lev. xv. 12 The treen vessell shal be rensed with water.

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xvi. 224 Hee tooke a most vnualewed boule,..and that he first did clense With sulphure, then with fluences of sweetest water rense.

1658 tr. G. della Porta Nat. Magick xx. 398 Glass vessels well rinced, and..full of cold water.

1745 J. Swift Direct. to Servants 27 Leave the Dregs of..Liquors in the Bottles: To rince them is but Loss of Time.

1906 Photogr. Times Aug. 871/2 You can put boiling water into a glass bottle, if you previously rinse it out first with lukewarm, and then with fairly hot water.

1961 F. Greene China Awakened v. xxii. 229 Stand in the huge dining hall..and watch the crowded little knots standing and eating from bowls which will be rinsed under a tap outside.

2001 T. Hill Love of Stones (2002) iii. 153 She kept silver milk tops in a jar, rinsed the bottles, recycled them.

β. 1591 J. Florio Second Frutes 13 Wash and rench the glasses verie well.1664 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders (new ed.) i. 35 The French-Mans Glasse is wrenched as often as he Drinks.1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Rench, to rinse.1862 C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds & Neighbourhood 393 Rench that bāasin out..an' goa fetch a penn'orth o' milk in't.1904 W. H. Hills in Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 87/1 [Westmoreland] Put sum watter into t'churrn an' wrench it weel oot.1909 Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms 136 Ranch out the milk pans well.γ. 1547 W. Salesbury Dict. Eng. & Welshe Bwrw dwr dros lestr, renge.1834–5 Wilson's Tales Borders (1836) II. 167 I poured the whisky intil the lang sma bottle..without rangin it oot.1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words at Range Range oot that pot.

b. transitive. To coat (a cup, bowl, etc.), usually with a solution or liquid, by swirling it and then emptying it out. Cf. rinse n. 2. Now usually technical.

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a1450 in T. Austin Two 15th-cent. Cookery-bks. (1888) 24 (MED) Rynsche þin dysshe alle a-bowte with-ynne with Sugre or oyle.

1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper xv. 295 To have your Vessels dry, rinse them with Brandy.

1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 45 A clean glass, rinced with any acid.

1913 H. R. Kreider in H. C. Jones et al. Freezing-point Solutions Certain Electrolytes 90 The flask in which the solution was to be made up was first cleaned, dried and rinsed with alcohol.

2002 P. Quevauville Qual. Assur. for Water Anal. vi. 145 Polyethylene bottles were carefully cleaned with deionized water (‘Milli-Q’)—each bottle was then rinsed with the solution that they would contain.

c. transitive. To clean (the mouth) by taking in, swilling round, and spitting out a mouthful of water or (later) mouthwash. Also with out.figurative in quots. 1815, 1846.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > wash one's body or part of it [verb (transitive)] > wash the mouth or throat

rinse?a1500

gargarize1539

gargle1600

gargalize1605

?a1500 in G. Henslow Med. Wks. 14th Cent. (1899) 35 (MED) Make þer-of poudre and rense þyn teyþ þer-wiþ a-morwe.

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Foueo Fouere os multa aqua frigida, to washe the mouth with; to rinse.

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 46 He would sucke and draw vp into his mouth a great deale of water, and first rinse & wash his own mouth.

1634 tr. S. Luzvic & E. Binet Devout Hart 89 Drinke thy belly-ful of endlesse liuing waters;..and rinsh thy whole mouth; with which draught thou maist..deriue thee a whole streame of water Springing to eternal life.

1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus 105 Nor only wash your Fingers, but your Face; And rinse your Teeth.

1763 Ann. Reg. 1762 ii. 34/2 Rinsing his palate (to avoid confusion) after every piece.

1815 R. Heber Let. 12 Feb. in A. Heber Life R. Heber (1830) I. xiii. 426 Till I have rinced my mouth with Morte Arthur, I hardly look to be my own man again.

1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 84/2 I have rinsed my mouth of the poetry.

1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 81 Rench, vulgar pronunciation of rinse. ‘Wrench your mouth out’, said a fashionable dentist one day.—North.

1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood xii. 92 Jasper only rinses his mouth once, and casts forth the rinsing.

1907 J. W. Riley Morning 116 They both plunge in and wash their hair And rench their bloody mouths, and grin.

1954 Sunday Herald (Provo, Utah) 17 Nov. 4/1 I'm sure just rinsing the mouth after eating or at least at bedtime with soap and water..keeps the mouth and teeth as clean as brushing.

2001 B. Jenkins Before Dawn ii. 57 Dragging herself over to the basin..she splashed water on her face and rinsed her teeth.

d. transitive. To cause (a liquid) to move around, about, or through something, esp. the mouth; to swill (a liquid) around or about.

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1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxv. 442 This he swallowed..and rinsed it about his gums and throat.

1883 C. A. Stephens Young Moose Hunters xxvi. 229 He had poured water into the tea-pot, and, after rinsing it about, stepped to the doorway to throw out the ‘grounds’.

1959 Chicago Tribune 4 Dec. b4/2 Then he sipped, rinsing the liquid thru his mouth.

1975 R. B. Parker Mortal Stakes 208 I drank some more and rinsed it around my mouth.

2004 M. A. Menheer Develop. Benthic-flux Chamber (U.S. Geol. Surv.) 11/2 The blank was collected..by..rinsing the water around in the flux chamber, and then using the sample tubing to pump it into the sample bottles.

a. transitive. To immerse, agitate, or drench (clothes and linen) thoroughly in a large volume of water (now frequently running water), esp. in order to remove soap used in washing. Also with out. Also intransitive.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > wash clothes [verb (transitive)] > rinse

rinsea1500

to wet out1882

α.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 691/2 I rynce clothes, je raince. I wyll rynce up the clothes here in the bolle.

1598 B. Yong tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 74 As I was going to the riuer to rince my clothes.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rinser, to reinse linnen clothes.

a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 128 By scouring, washing, rinsing it as spots..are washed out of clothes.

1686 in J. Munsell Ann. Albany (1850) II. 94 No person whatsoever shall..rense cloathes..in or near any of the wells.

1735 J. Barrow Dict. Polygraphicum II. at Pearls Take a quarter of a pound of soap, and boil the silk in it for two hours, then pour some rain-water in a vessel, to which add a bowl-full of the blue lye..then rinse out the silk and dry it.

1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing I. i. ii. i. 147 The cotton must be rinsed in a stream of water.

1796 A. Menzies in J. C. Smyth Acct. Exper. Union Hosp. Ship 13 All the dirty linen removed from them [sc. the sick] was immediately immersed in a tub of cold water,..rinsed out, and hung up till nearly dry.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 544 In scouring the raw cotton, it is usual to boil it..in sour water or an alkaline ley, after which it is wrung out, rinsed, and dryed.

1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany iv. 44 They were beating and rinsing and wringing the unfortunate sheets and table-cloths.

1889 F. L. Gillette White House Cook Bk. 458 Wash well in strong, warm soap-suds, rinse and wipe dry with a dry, soft cloth.

1906 Wilson's Photogr. Mag. Dec. 540/1 The same cloth is wrung out after rinsing it under the faucet.

1954 Househ. Guide & Almanac (News of World) 163/2 Wash cotton seersucker in hot suds (nylon seersucker in warm suds) and rinse well.

1976 M. Millar Ask for me Tomorrow (1977) xvi. 132 You're not helpless. Can't you rinse out your own socks?

2005 R. B. Pelzer Brother's Journ. ix. 134 Pushing me aside she rinsed the shirt in the bathroom sink and wrung it out.

β. a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) 1182 (MED) She toke the Shirte..And wesht it onys and ryneshed it so clene, That afterward was noo spotte on it seen.1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Esbourrer,..to rinch, or wash (a cloath, &c.) lightly, or sleightly.1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves Rench, to wash clean with water, as cloths.a1841 J. Guild Jrnl. in Proc. Vermont Hist. Soc. (1937) 5 263 She would..go down to a brook about forty rods and stand in the brook and rench her close.1862 C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds & Neighbourhood 393 Renching cloas out.1880 Atlantic Monthly June 828/2 Not uncommonly provincial people, and Mr. Lincoln's ‘plain people’, talk of ‘renching [for rinsing] clothes’.1920 O. Whiteley Story of Opal xxiii. 182 It is so much of fun to lift things up and down in blue water. On wash-days the mamma has me to do it much. She calls it renching the clothes.1941 E. P. O'Donnell Great Big Doorstep i. 2 How many time I'm gunna tell you..to come and rench out the diaper?γ. 1856 J. Ballantine Poems 13 In the wee gushing burn [they] ringe their siller-white claes.1881 J. Sargisson Joe Scoap's Jurneh 141 They gat em heaam an rinje't em weel anunder t' pump.

b. transitive. To immerse (something) in water or pour water on to or over (something), so as to remove impurities. Also with off, out. Also intransitive.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > wash [verb (transitive)] > rinse

sinda1350

spoil1480

rinsec1500

slouse1726

sluice1755

sozzle1845

slush1854

to wash out1876

sloush1889

wash1894

slooshy1907

sloosh1912

c1500 (?a1437) Kingis Quair (1939) i (MED) In Aquary Citherea the clere Rynsid hir tressis.

1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 2 Washe the head euery thyrde daye wyth strong warme lye..: at the last rensch the head with colde lye.

1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 893/2 Let the priest rence his hands, lest any parcels of the body or bloud be left behind in his fingers or in the chalice.

1583 L. Mascall tr. Profitable Bk. Spottes & Staines 20 Take of good wood and breake the rootes off, and then cut them small, then wash and rence them in cold water.

1607 J. Davies Summa Totalis sig. H2 Likewise the Delvge (that did rince this Rovnd) Came..To make it cleane.

1632 J. Vicars tr. Virgil XII Aeneids ix. 276 I brought thee not to this sad funerall, Nor shed salt teares to rensh thy corps withall.

1641 J. Milton Animadversions 14 They could not refine a Scorpion into a Fish, though they had drawn it, and rinc't it with never so cleanly Cookery.

1700 J. Addison Milton's Stile Imitated iii, in Wks. (1726) I. 62 He rins'd the wound, And washed away the..clotted blood.

1753 R. Poole Beneficent Bee 82/2 To dip the Spoon into the common Dish of Broth, or Soup, after it has been in the Mouth of any one, till it be first rinched in Water, is very unpolite.

1822 W. Whiter Etymologicon Universale II. 1091 In the phrase ‘Rinse a Bottle’, sometimes called ‘Rench or Wrench a Bottle’, we see the peculiar sense of the word; as the term, we know, directly means ‘To Clean a bottle by the process of Wringing or Turning it’ about.

1832 R. Abbey in J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. (ed. 2) 576 Rinse the leaves in cold water,..and dry them on hot plates.

1859 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing i. 13 Take care that your lid, as well as your utensil, be always thoroughly rinsed.

1864 How to do It 88 [Rub] the marble till clean. Rinse it off with fair water, and rub it dry with a clean linen cloth.

1889 J. W. Riley Knee-deep in June Rench my hair In the dew.

1907 M. E. Dodd Chem. of Househ. 136 A second dishpan of clear, hot water in which to rinse the dishes is a great help.

1940 C. McCullers Heart is Lonely Hunter ii. xi. 276 She..rinched his face and hands at the sink.

1977 J. Pepper What a Thing to Say 27 It is usually a farmer's wife who will tell an unexpected visitor ‘Wud ye wait till I red the table and rench the dishes?’

1989 W. McIlvanney Walking Wounded 177 He rinsed his plate, knife and fork and coffee-mug under the hot water tap before putting them in the basin to be washed.

2005 County Living Apr. 23 Wash [the blown egg] in soapy water, rinse and dry.

c. transitive (reflexive). To immerse oneself in or splash one's body lightly with water in order to remove dirt, soap, etc.With later use cf. sense 5.

ΚΠ

1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. i. f. 63^v They wash and wrinse themselues very cleane.

1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 183 Hanging downe his head, as one discontent, till he hath washed and rinsed himselfe.

a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 205 Having rinsed her selfe all over in pure running water.

1817 W. Mariner & J. Martin Acct. Natives Tonga Islands I. ix. 306 The natives frequently resort to rinse themselves with the fresh water found in the hollows,..after having bathed themselves in the sea.

1845 S. Judd Margaret i. ii. 10 They went on the cistern on the back side of the house, washed and rinsed themselves for dinner.

1899 E. David Funafuti xvi. 210 A few..bathed in the lagoon..and then came up and rinsed themselves with a little rain-water in the main street.

1944 H. Abend Treaty Ports xviii. 181 Sloshed water over himself with a dipper, soaped lavishly, and then rinsed himself with dollops of hot water from the dipper.

1984 D. M. Millard Daily Living with Handicapped Child v. 74 The child will probably enjoy rinsing himself with a hand-held shower nozzle.

2005 T. M. McNally Goat Bridge (2007) 277 She stood in the center of the bath, rinsing herself with the handheld faucet, soap pouring off her limbs.

a. transitive. To remove (dirt, impurities, etc.) by rinsing. Usually with away, from, off, out. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away > by rinsing

rinse1565

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Abluo To rinse away his thirst.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 63 Hee rinst in the water thee drosse from his late bored eyelyd.

1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 3 That whole flood could not wash or rinch away that one spot of his atheisme.

1646 P. Bulkley Gospel-covenant i. 174 First wee scoure and rinse out the filth that is in it.

1794 Waterhouse in J. Morse Amer. Geogr. (1796) I. 501 Such a course of water drinking will open obstructions, rinse out impurities.

1841 O. Campbell Treat. Carriage, Sign, & Ornamental Painting 29 The Color is to be thoroughly washed from the Brush, and all the specks and skins of Paint are to be rinsed out with Spirits of Turpentine.

1890 New Eng. Mag. Sept. 41 I'd quaff your cup of air and sun and let it drench my soul, Rinse out the curse of feebleness and make me clean and whole.

1988 J. Wright in F. Graziano & P. Stitt Profile 46 I leaned down to rinse the dust from my face.

2002 P. C. Johnson Secrets, Gossip, & Gods iii. v. 129 A purifying bath to rinse off the pollution from the street.

b. transitive. To remove (residual soap, detergent, etc.) from something that has been washed, by means of a fresh application of clean water. With away, from, off, out.

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1821 W. Kitchiner Cook's Oracle (ed. 3) 157 Rub them [sc. Poultry] with a little white Soap—thoroughly rinse it off—then dredge them well with flour.

1890 ‘Austin Clare’ Pearl in Shell 123 She laid aside her poss-stick and rinsed the suds from her hands.

1925 Today's Housewife Feb. 33/2 You will not have any difficulty rinsing out the soap if you use this shampoo.

1950 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 50 410/3 We have been taught to rinse away all traces of soap, but it is frequently advantageous to leave some detergent on washed surfaces.

1986 Orange Coast Mag. May 142/1 (advt.) Rinse the conditioner out with cool water.

2004 Backwoods Home Mag. Sept.–Oct. 59/1 Use a wash cloth and basin of water, then pour water over yourself to rinse the soap off.

c. intransitive. Esp. of soap: to admit of being washed off or removed with water. Also with out.

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1895 Friends' Intelligencer & Jrnl. 15 June p. ii/2 (advt.) Cheap soaps do not rinse out. Ivory Soap rinses readily, leaving the clothes sweet, clean and white.

1943 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 43 45 Its creamy, abundant lather rinses completely.

1991 E. W. Flick Prepaint Specialties & Surface Tolerant Coatings 294 Contains no phenolic compounds and rinses easily, even in hard water.

2003 Elle Girl May–June 139 The rich foaming lather rinses clean without any pore-clogging residue.

†a. transitive. To clean out, to empty. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > leave unoccupied [verb (transitive)] > empty > empty or exhaust

draw1483

rinse1575

sponge1610

clear1699

bottom1808

to clean out1844

deplete1850

deplenish1859

1575 G. Gascoigne Fruites of Warre lxix, in Posies sig. Hviii^v His owne companions can contriue a meane, To cutte his throate and rinse his budgets cleane.

b. transitive. To cleanse, make pure. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > clean [verb (transitive)]

yclense971

cleansea1000

farmOE

fayc1220

fowc1350

absterse?a1425

mundify?a1425

muck1429

to cast clean1522

absterge1526

sprinkle1526

reconcile1535

net1536

clengec1540

neat?1575

snuff?1575

rinse1595

deterge1623

scavengea1644

scavenger1645

decrott1653

reform1675

clean1681

deterse1684

fluxa1763

to clean away, offa1839

to clean down1839

scavage1851

untaint1855

to sand and canvas1912

1595 R. Southwell St. Peters Complaint 3 A sea will scantly rince my ordurde soule: Huge horrours in high tides must drowned bee.

1600 S. Rowlands Letting of Humors Blood Satyre vi. sig. E8 A pottle of wine..Drunke with an Apple, is imployed right, To rince the Liuer.

a1628 J. Preston Saints Daily Exercise (1629) 132 He washeth and renseth his heart.

a1658 R. Lovelace Poems (1864) 244 Thy thoughts..Rench'd from earth's tainted, fat and heavy steams.

1761 J. Armstrong Day 14 'Twill cost a Sea of Claret and Champain, Of this retarding Glue to rinse the Nation's Brain.

1831 Spirit of Pilgrims Nov. 620 He that has nothing to rinse his polluted soul with, but his own penitential tears, endeavors only to purify himself in muddy water.

1892 W. R. Alger Sources of Consol. ii. 141 Affectionate and humble suppliants, as they look up to heaven, rinse every petition in their eyes before offering it, that it may be seen to be true.

1964 W. Golding Spire ii. 35 The sky was rinsed clear by a rainy night.

1987 S. Zulauf Succasunna New Jersey 51 After all my sleepless trembling, Rinse my soul, deliver it to Jesus.

2001 S. W. Silverman Love Sick 200 Only the state of starvation..can..rinse my mind, drain my heart, formaldehyde the remains.

†7. transitive. To moisten; to drench. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > make wet [verb (transitive)]

weta950

bathec1000

drenchc1230

blotenc1325

danka1350

anointa1375

moista1382

beshed1382

moil?a1425

madefy?1440

arrouse1480

moisturea1500

humect1531

intinct1547

moisten1559

rinse1579

inebriate1610

irrigate1615

slocken1627

irriguate1632

humectate1640

madidate1656

slake1810

1579 S. Gosson Ephemerides Phialo iii. f. 77 When they haue rensed their couche with teares, the smoke of theyr sighes might arise vppe lyke Frankensence into his nostthriles.

1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor iii. iii. sig. Kiii^v To rince his clammie guts in beere.

1648 G. Daniel Eclog. iii. Hakon's Song ii Had I but now, one boule To rince my thirsty Soule.

1720 E. Ward Delights of Bottle i. 12 What Orator at Bar can plead, Till he has rins'd his thoughtful Head, Or, with a chearful Morning's Draught, Refresh'd the Glandules of his Throat.

8. transitive. To wash (food) down with liquor, water, etc. Also figurative or in figurative contexts.

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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > wash down food

to wash down1600

water1630

rinse1631

wet1878

1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies viii. 58 All their differences are soone rinsed downe in Lambs-wooll.

?1797 T. Shaw Let. to Alexander Mather 21 If any one can swallow this mountain, we need not fear but he will drink up the largest river in Europe to rinse it down.

1812 W. Tennant Anster Fair ii. lxxix. 50 Ever and anon they eat a lunch, And rinse the mouthfuls down with flav'rous whisky punch.

1851 J. S. Springer Forest Life & Forest Trees ii. vii. 148 A biscuit of pilot-bread, with a ‘frizzled’ slice of pork, constitute their repast—ten to one if it be not rinsed down with a draught of ‘fire-water’.

1860 H. F. Read Haunted Student 351 So rinse down your ill humor with the best wisdom of the Fathers, bottled here for our improvement.

1900 Northwestern Lancet 20 44/1 By ‘strong diet’ I mean a great deal of fat pork, rinsed down with a quantity of a liquid, called by courtesy, ‘tea’.

1949 G. Greene 19 Stories (new ed.) 148 The newsprint stuck like a prune skin to the back of my throat, but I rinsed it down with water from the ewer.

2008 Gold Coast (Australia) Bull. (Nexis) 2 Jan. Black bread, sausages, fried eggs and cucumber pickles rinsed down with a cup of strong, hot tea is more of the breakfast trademark in Russia.

9. transitive. To treat (hair) with a tinting or conditioning rinse (rinse n. 5). Also intransitive.

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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > beautify (the hair) [verb (transitive)] > colour

dyec1386

colour1600

henna1851

blondine1894

peroxide1899

tint1921

highlight1935

rinse1959

blue-rinse1962

streak1965

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > beautify the hair [verb (intransitive)] > colour

rinse1971

1925 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 19 Jan. 4/1 (advt.) Only hair so rinsed [sc. in lemon juice] is really sweet and clean.

1959 N. Lofts Heaven in your Hand 125 His mother, of course, used make-up too, and had her hair ‘rinsed’ and waved.

1971 M. Kelly 25th Hour i. 53 Louise's hair seemed to go an elegant grey all at once (she rinses a bit of course).

1992 D. Allison Bastard out of Carolina ii. 28 Rinsed it in piss, she did, every Sunday evening... All 'cause Granny swore baby-piss rinses would keep her blond.

2003 C. Birch Turn again Home ix. 120 Her hair was kinked and rinsed the colour of caramel toffee.

Phrases

North American colloquial and humorous rinse, repeat: used after a verb (originally lather, with reference to the instructions frequently found on shampoo labels), to indicate that an action or sequence is repeated.

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1992 Vancouver Sun 12 Feb. d1/3 After that, it's lather, rinse and repeat: Back over the mountain, back to the shooting fields then out and back again.

1995 San Diego Union-Tribune (Electronic ed.) 19 June c2 Ben Crenshaw tried to finesse his ball up the hill onto a green; it rolled back to his feet. Rinse. Repeat.

1997 CIO 15 May 36/1 Then it's lather, rinse, repeat at the next company.

2007 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 23 Nov. iv. 10 (headline) Win a title, rinse, repeat. Driscoll has no special formula other than winning.

Compounds

† rinse-pitcher n. Obsolete a drinker.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > one who drinks to excess

houndOE

drinkerc1200

keach-cup?c1225

gulchcupa1250

bollerc1320

taverner1340

ale stake?1515

wine-bibber1535

bibber1536

swill-bowl1542

malt-wormc1550

rinse-pitcher1552

bibblera1556

ale knight1556

tosspot1568

ring-pigger1570

troll-the-bowl1575

malt-bug1577

gossip-pint-pot1580

black pot1582

alehouse knight1583

worrier1584

suck-spigot1585

bezzle1592

bezzlera1593

cup-leech1593

soaker1593

carouser1596

barley-cap1598

swiller1598

rob-pot1599

Philistine1600

sponge1600

wine-knight1601

fill-knaga1605

reel-pot1604

faithful1609

fill-pot1609

bouser1611

spigot-sucker1611

suck-pint1611

whip-can1611

bib-all-night1612

afternoon man1615

potling1616

Bacchanalian1617

bombard1617

pot-shot1617

potisuge1620

trougha1625

tumbrila1625

borachioa1627

pot-leech1630

kill-pota1637

biberon1637

bang-pitcher1639

son of Bacchusc1640

shuffler1642

suck-bottlea1652

swill-pot1653

poter1657

potatora1660

old soaker1665

fuddle cap1666

old toast1668

bubber1669

toper1673

ale-toast1691

Bacchant1699

fuddler1699

swill-belly1699

tickle-pitcher1699

whetter1709

draughtsmanc1720

bender1728

drammer1740

dram-drinker1744

drammist1756

rum-bud1805

siper1805

Bacchanal1812

boozera1819

rum-sucker1819

soak1820

imp of the spigot1821

polyposist1821

wineskin1821

sack-guzzler1823

sitfast1828

swill-flagon1829

cup-man1834

swiper1836

Lushington1851

lushing-man1859

bloat1860

pottle pot1860

tipsificator1873

tipsifier1873

pegger1874

swizzler1876

bibulant1883

toss-cup1883

lusher1895

stew-bum1902

shicker1906

stiff1907

souse1915

booze-hound1926

stumblebum1932

tanker1932

lush-hound1935

lushy1944

lush-head1945

binge drinker1946

pisshead1946

hophead1948

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Rynche pytcher, lagenarius.

1562 W. Bullein Bk. Simples f. 13, in Bulwarke of Defence The rinsepichers had a good medicen prepared for them: for the Maior of London,..made an order against mightie Bere and Ale.

1580 Baret's Aluearie (rev. ed.) A 270 A common haunter of alehouses, or vittayling houses... a rinsepicher.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rinse
释义	rinsen. Brit. /rɪns/, U.S. /rɪns/ Forms: see rinse v. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: rinse v. Etymology: < rinse v. Compare earlier rinsing n.In forms corresponding to the γ. forms at rinse v. now chiefly in sense 1. 1. Scottish. A small, tied bundle of twigs (esp. of heather) cut evenly across and used for scouring out pots or other vessels. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing table utensils > [noun] > equipment for washing or drying table utensils water-clothOE neck towel1493 dish-clout1530 mop1683 bottlebrush1685 rinse1738 tea-cloth1770 dishcloth1828 dish-rag1839 tea-towel1863 dish-towel1869 dish-pan1872 lappie1892 dish-mop1897 washing-up cloth1973 1738 in J. Colville Ochtertyre House Bk. of Accomps (1907) 118/1 For eggs 0 0 1. For ranges 0 0 1. 1793 (title) The broom besom, and heather rinses. 1800 J. Headrick in Communications to Board of Agric. II. 264 Long heath..makes excellent rinses for scrubbing milk vessels. 1829 Health & Longevity 151 Traversing the woods and fields in quest of materials for his besoms and rinzes. 1852 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. §1239. 271/2 To keep the stone troughs always sweet and clean, they should be washed out and scrubbed with a heather rinse once a-day. 1879 J. White Jottings 287 Fine heather rinses, Better never grew, Besoms for a penny, Rinses for a plack. 1885 D. Beveridge Culross & Tulliallan II. xxii. 216 Industry was carried on in the manufacture of heather reenges and besoms. The former consists of a number of stalks of heath bound together,..a most useful implement for rinsing and cleansing pots and pans. 1907 Publ. Sc. Hist. Soc. Gloss. 257 Ranges, A sort of brush made of twigs of heather, tied together and trimmed, for cleaning pots. Generally called a reenge, from rinse (cp. Ger. rein pure). 1979 B. Whyte Yellow on Broom xxiii. 65 These heather brooms were used widely for cleaning out stables, byres, courtyards, doorsteps, and nearly every house had a heather pot-reenge. 2. Chiefly technical. An act of rinsing something with a liquid or solution in order to coat it. ΚΠ 1811 Female Instructor 531 Let your vessels be thoroughly clean and dry; and before you put in the wine, give them a rinse with a little brandy. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) III. 207/2 No doubt the final rinse of spirits helps the gelatine to resist decomposition. 1953 A. C. Dahlberg et al. Sanitary Milk Control d. vi. 59 (table) Number of plants with chlorine rinse of bottles. 1993 Focal Encycl. of Photogr. (ed. 3) 62/1 An effort to solve the problem was most often made by incorporating wax-like materials during manufacture of the material, by using a rinse containing a humectant (moistening agent such as glycerin) following its processing. 3. a. An act of rinsing something in clean water (or in some other liquid) in order to remove impurities, soap, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > [noun] > rinsing rinsinga1400 rinse1837 sluicing1839 sind1899 1837 R. Huish Female's Friend 686/2 Take the gown out of the alum, and give it a slight rinse in cold water. 1882 J. Longmuir & D. Donaldson Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (rev. ed.) IV. at Ringe Gie the claes a ringe in cauld water. 1917 Camera Craft Dec. 520/1 After development a rinse only is needed before the print is put into the darkening bath. 1986 E. David Omelette & Glass of Wine 33 A rinse in a colander under running cold water. 2005 D. Lambert in J. Barto & J. Mackenzie Humor, Heartache, & Harrowing Tales 30 When all the clothes had their first rinse, the soapy side was drained and refilled with clean water for the second rinse. b. colloquial. A wash. Also with off. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > [noun] > an act of washing wash1663 souse1741 rinse1837 wash-out1877 slush1902 sloosh1919 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxv. 264 ‘I may as vel have a rinse’, replied Mr. Weller, applying plenty of yellow soap to the towel. 1908 F. T. Bullen Son of Sea i. 7 Jemmy, this mucky morning has made my hands dirty, an' I'm going to wash 'em. Won't you come and have a rinse too? 2001 M. Kondracke Saving Milly v. 163 After a rinse-off, I wrap Milly in towels. 4. A solution used to cleanse the mouth by being swilled around and then spat out; esp. a mouthwash. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > water or solutions > for washing the mouth collution1601 rinse1888 1888 J. F. Duthie Fodder Grasses Northern India 21 A decoction of the root is used as a rinse for the mouth in cases of fever. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 26 Jan. 10/2 The best rinse for the smoker is a glass of water in which a teaspoonful of table~salt has been dissolved. 1953 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 53 184/2 The use of plain tap water as a mouth rinse will serve the same purpose. 2002 Cat Fancy Feb. 53/1 A mouth rinse for our cat..contains 12 percent chlorhexidine gloconate. 5. a. A preparation for conditioning or temporarily tinting the hair. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > preparations used on the hair > [noun] > colours wash1670 permanent dye1815 blondine1888 hair lightener1892 washable distemper1894 reng1901 tint1921 blue rinse1924 rinse1928 permanent tint1960 powder colour1966 toner1966 1928 Daily Mail 25 July 3/6 Though the price of Icilma Shampoos remains at 3d., each packet now contains a wonderful Toning Rinse suitable for every shade of hair, which removes all trace of lather, and leaves the hair in a state of exquisite burnished beauty. 1958 J. Cannan And be Villain vii. 155 Age must be disguised, hushed up with dyes and rinses. 1962 D. Lessing Golden Notebk. iii. 345 ‘I did try a rinse,’ he remarked, ‘but the grey shows through.’ 1997 N. J. Coney Compl. Soapmaker viii. 104/1 A good hair rinse will..bring out the highlights in your hair and will enhance its natural color. b. An application of such a preparation to the hair. Cf. blue rinse n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > [noun] > colouring > application of a colour Whitechapel shave1863 blue rinse1924 lowlighting1936 rinse1942 tint1979 1942 M. Dickens One Pair of Feet ix. 189 I think I shall go and have a platinum rinse next payday. 1948 M. Sturges-Jones In Wedlock Wake 137 Why don't you try a blond rinse?.. It wouldn't make you look bleached. 1977 B. Pym Quartet in Autumn i. 2 Letty knew that there were white hairs interspersed with the brown and that most people would have had a brightening ‘rinse’ anyway. 2003 Independent 13 Mar. 18/4 It would certainly be interesting to see the reaction if you went in and asked for a tapered blow-wave with a full rinse, condition and course of gel. Compounds C1. rinse water n. ΚΠ 1832 Mechanics' Mag. 7 Apr. 2/1 An apparatus..for the purpose of pressing the rinse water from the linen, woollen, and other articles, washed at that establishment. 1924 Amer. Mercury Dec. 454/2 Today the hot rinse-water lapped at his hands with a warmth singularly grateful. 2007 M. Seneviratne Pract. Approach to Water xv. 351 The effluent known as permeate can then be used as wash water or as rinse water. C2. rinse aid n. a liquid used in dishwashers to prevent the final rinse from leaving streaks on the china, glass, etc., while drying. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > rinse-aid rinse aid1963 1963 Which? 6 Feb. 50/1 Five [dishwashing] machines..supplied rinse aids. These are liquids added to the final rinse water to make it flow more easily and prevent it from remaining as drops on the surface. 2008 Irish News (Nexis) 13 Oct. Take the dishwasher for example. Insert detergent cube, salt and rinse-aid, three irritating but necessary processes, but handier than standing up to your elbows in greasy water. rinse cycle n. the stage in the operation of a washing machine or dishwasher in which items are rinsed in clean water to remove any remaining detergent. ΚΠ 1944 U.S. Patent 2,347,190 10/2 The rinse cycle is approximately 4 ½ minutes. 1950 Chicago Tribune 27 Aug. iii. a/2 Seven gallons of water are used during the washing and rinse cycle. 2005 C. Mendelson Laundry i. x. 150 You would have to add quaternaries at the beginning of the rinse cycle, as they are inactivated by detergents. rinse heather n. Scottish (now rare) the cross-leaved heath, Erica tetralix, used for making a rinse (see sense 1). ΚΠ 1805 Scots Mag. Mar. 180 E[rica] tetralix, rinze heather. 1888 J. A. Harvie-Brown & T. E. Buckley Vertebr. Fauna Outer Hebrides p. viii Three principal species of heather in the Outer Hebrides are Erica vulgaris, common heath ; Erica cinerea, bell-heather ; and Erica tetralix, rinze heather. 1940 F. F. Darling Island Years viii. 192 Fladda..has a poor herbage containing more sedge and rinze heather than grass. rinse–hold n. (also rinse and hold) (a) (on a dishwasher) a programme or setting for rinsing items without performing a full wash cycle; (b) (on a washing machine) a programme or setting for holding laundry in a small amount of water after washing, without performing a spin cycle. ΚΠ 1961 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 2 Apr. (Home section) 8 One of the automatic dishwashers has a rinse and hold button. 1984 Which? Jan. 55/3 Some machines drain out the water after the rinse hold—you either drip-dry this washing or programme a separate spin. 1994 E. A. Bruun How to get Red Wine out of White Carpet (2001) 250 If only a few of the dishes are soiled, don't use the ‘rinse hold’. It uses 3 to 7 gallons of water. 1997 Independent (Nexis) 21 Sept. 11 Get him to try to program the washing machine to do a delicate cycle, half-load with rinse-hold. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rinsev. Brit. /rɪns/, U.S. /rɪns/ Forms: α. Middle English rineside (past participle), Middle English ryynce, Middle English–1500s rynce, Middle English–1500s rynse, Middle English–1600s (1800s– English regional and U.S. regional) rense, Middle English– rinse, late Middle English ryyntyn (transmission error), 1500s wrinse, 1500s–1700s rence, 1500s– rince (now nonstandard), 1600s reinse, 1700s–1800s rinze, 1900s– reince (English regional (Nottinghamshire)); N.E.D. (1909) also records a form late Middle English ryynse. β. Middle English rynesh, Middle English rynsche, Middle English rynshe, 1500s rensch, 1500s rinche, 1500s rynche, 1500s–1600s (1800s– English regional) wrench, 1500s– rench (now English regional), 1600s (1800s– English regional (northern)) rensh, 1600s (1900s– English regional (Nottinghamshire)) rinsh, 1600s– rinch (now English regional (northern)), 1800s– ranch (English regional); U.S. regional 1800s rainch, 1800s– rench, 1800s– rensh, 1800s– wrench, 1900s– ranch, 1900s– rinch (chiefly southern and south Midland), 1900s– rinsh (chiefly southern and south Midland); Scottish 1800s rench, 1800s rensh; Irish English (northern) 1800s– rench, 1900s– rainch, 1900s– rensh, 1900s– rinch, 1900s– rinsh. γ. 1500s renge, 1800s– range (English regional (northern)), 1800s– rinje (English regional (northern)), 1900s– ringe (English regional (northern)); Scottish 1700s– range, 1800s rainge, 1800s reinge, 1800s– reenge, 1800s– ringe; Irish English (northern) 1800s– range, 1900s– renge, 1900s– ringe. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French rincer. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman ryncer, Anglo-Norman and Middle French rincer, Middle French rainsier , rinser , reinser , rainchier , raincer , rainser (French rincer ) to clean by washing in water and rubbing (beginning of the 13th cent. in Old French, a1382 or earlier with reference to cleaning the mouth, 1530 with reference to laundry), to clear land (1307 or earlier), probably a variant of Old French recincier , rechinchier , etc. (late 12th cent.; Middle French rechinchier , recinchier , ressincier , French regional (Amiens) †rechinser , (Picardy) rechincher < post-classical Latin recentiare to renew (13th cent. in a British source), variant of recentare to refresh, renew (6th cent.), active form corresponding to classical Latin recentārī to be renewed < recent- , recēns fresh, recently made (see recent adj.). With Old French recincier compare post-classical Latin recincerare, resincerare (13th cent. in British sources).The similarity in form and meaning to Old Icelandic hreinsa , Old Swedish rensa (Swedish rensa ), Old Danish rensæ (Danish rense ), all in sense ‘to cleanse’ ( < the Scandinavian base of Old Icelandic hrein clean (ultimately < the same Indo-European base as ridder n.¹) + the Scandinavian base of Old Icelandic -sa , suffix forming verbs from adjectives and nouns: see discussion at cleanse v.), is probably coincidental. Attested earlier in a surname: Willelmus Rinsfet (1240). The following quot., with the sense ‘to grease (a cooking vessel) by rinsing with oil or fat’, probably shows an isolated example of a variant of the present word (compare sense 3b):a1450 in T. Austin Two 15th-cent. Cookery-bks. (1888) 39 Take a longe Pecher, al a-bowte ouer alle þat it be ransched; þan held out þin grece & fulle þi Pechir of þin farsure. With rinse-pitcher n. at Compounds compare Middle French rinceur de godets (see rinser n.). †1. intransitive. Of a priest: to clean the chalice and fingers with wine and water after the Eucharist. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > parts of service > post-communion > [verb (transitive)] > cleanse rinsea1400 purify1727 a1400 (?c1300) Lay Folks Mass Bk. (Royal) (1879) l. 575 (MED) Loke pater-noster þou be sayande, I-whils þo preste is rynsande. a1450 Ordination of Nuns (Vesp.) in E. A. Kock Rule St. Benet (1902) 149 (MED) Qwen þe prelete hase vsede & rineside, þan sal scho be howseld of hym. †2. transitive. To clear land by removal of crops. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > clear of refuse [verb (transitive)] winnowa900 rinse?a1400 rid1421 redd1446 rede1450 card1612 unrubbish1645 flux1651 ripe1720 ream1967 ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 321 (MED) Þe kynges oste at gesse in þe Est mad lardere..More & mede did rynce, wod & playn he brent. 3. a. transitive. To wash out or clean (a cup, bowl, or other vessel used for eating, drinking, etc.) by pouring in, swirling around, and emptying out clean water. Also with out. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing table utensils > wash table utensils [verb (transitive)] > rinse rinse1440 α. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 434 Ryyntyn [?a1475 Winch. Ryyncyn], rigo..lavaculo [Winch. adds lauillo]. a1500 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 7 Recenta michi hunc ciphum, rynce this cuppe. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. xlv Suche force nat of theyr soules But laboure in rynsynge pecis cuppis and bowles. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Lev. xv. 12 The treen vessell shal be rensed with water. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xvi. 224 Hee tooke a most vnualewed boule,..and that he first did clense With sulphure, then with fluences of sweetest water rense. 1658 tr. G. della Porta Nat. Magick xx. 398 Glass vessels well rinced, and..full of cold water. 1745 J. Swift Direct. to Servants 27 Leave the Dregs of..Liquors in the Bottles: To rince them is but Loss of Time. 1906 Photogr. Times Aug. 871/2 You can put boiling water into a glass bottle, if you previously rinse it out first with lukewarm, and then with fairly hot water. 1961 F. Greene China Awakened v. xxii. 229 Stand in the huge dining hall..and watch the crowded little knots standing and eating from bowls which will be rinsed under a tap outside. 2001 T. Hill Love of Stones (2002) iii. 153 She kept silver milk tops in a jar, rinsed the bottles, recycled them. β. 1591 J. Florio Second Frutes 13 Wash and rench the glasses verie well.1664 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders (new ed.) i. 35 The French-Mans Glasse is wrenched as often as he Drinks.1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Rench, to rinse.1862 C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds & Neighbourhood 393 Rench that bāasin out..an' goa fetch a penn'orth o' milk in't.1904 W. H. Hills in Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 87/1 [Westmoreland] Put sum watter into t'churrn an' wrench it weel oot.1909 Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms 136 Ranch out the milk pans well.γ. 1547 W. Salesbury Dict. Eng. & Welshe Bwrw dwr dros lestr, renge.1834–5 Wilson's Tales Borders (1836) II. 167 I poured the whisky intil the lang sma bottle..without rangin it oot.1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words at Range Range oot that pot. b. transitive. To coat (a cup, bowl, etc.), usually with a solution or liquid, by swirling it and then emptying it out. Cf. rinse n. 2. Now usually technical. ΚΠ a1450 in T. Austin Two 15th-cent. Cookery-bks. (1888) 24 (MED) Rynsche þin dysshe alle a-bowte with-ynne with Sugre or oyle. 1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper xv. 295 To have your Vessels dry, rinse them with Brandy. 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 45 A clean glass, rinced with any acid. 1913 H. R. Kreider in H. C. Jones et al. Freezing-point Solutions Certain Electrolytes 90 The flask in which the solution was to be made up was first cleaned, dried and rinsed with alcohol. 2002 P. Quevauville Qual. Assur. for Water Anal. vi. 145 Polyethylene bottles were carefully cleaned with deionized water (‘Milli-Q’)—each bottle was then rinsed with the solution that they would contain. c. transitive. To clean (the mouth) by taking in, swilling round, and spitting out a mouthful of water or (later) mouthwash. Also with out.figurative in quots. 1815, 1846. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > wash one's body or part of it [verb (transitive)] > wash the mouth or throat rinse?a1500 gargarize1539 gargle1600 gargalize1605 ?a1500 in G. Henslow Med. Wks. 14th Cent. (1899) 35 (MED) Make þer-of poudre and rense þyn teyþ þer-wiþ a-morwe. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Foueo Fouere os multa aqua frigida, to washe the mouth with; to rinse. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 46 He would sucke and draw vp into his mouth a great deale of water, and first rinse & wash his own mouth. 1634 tr. S. Luzvic & E. Binet Devout Hart 89 Drinke thy belly-ful of endlesse liuing waters;..and rinsh thy whole mouth; with which draught thou maist..deriue thee a whole streame of water Springing to eternal life. 1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus 105 Nor only wash your Fingers, but your Face; And rinse your Teeth. 1763 Ann. Reg. 1762 ii. 34/2 Rinsing his palate (to avoid confusion) after every piece. 1815 R. Heber Let. 12 Feb. in A. Heber Life R. Heber (1830) I. xiii. 426 Till I have rinced my mouth with Morte Arthur, I hardly look to be my own man again. 1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 84/2 I have rinsed my mouth of the poetry. 1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 81 Rench, vulgar pronunciation of rinse. ‘Wrench your mouth out’, said a fashionable dentist one day.—North. 1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood xii. 92 Jasper only rinses his mouth once, and casts forth the rinsing. 1907 J. W. Riley Morning 116 They both plunge in and wash their hair And rench their bloody mouths, and grin. 1954 Sunday Herald (Provo, Utah) 17 Nov. 4/1 I'm sure just rinsing the mouth after eating or at least at bedtime with soap and water..keeps the mouth and teeth as clean as brushing. 2001 B. Jenkins Before Dawn ii. 57 Dragging herself over to the basin..she splashed water on her face and rinsed her teeth. d. transitive. To cause (a liquid) to move around, about, or through something, esp. the mouth; to swill (a liquid) around or about. ΚΠ 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxv. 442 This he swallowed..and rinsed it about his gums and throat. 1883 C. A. Stephens Young Moose Hunters xxvi. 229 He had poured water into the tea-pot, and, after rinsing it about, stepped to the doorway to throw out the ‘grounds’. 1959 Chicago Tribune 4 Dec. b4/2 Then he sipped, rinsing the liquid thru his mouth. 1975 R. B. Parker Mortal Stakes 208 I drank some more and rinsed it around my mouth. 2004 M. A. Menheer Develop. Benthic-flux Chamber (U.S. Geol. Surv.) 11/2 The blank was collected..by..rinsing the water around in the flux chamber, and then using the sample tubing to pump it into the sample bottles. 4. a. transitive. To immerse, agitate, or drench (clothes and linen) thoroughly in a large volume of water (now frequently running water), esp. in order to remove soap used in washing. Also with out. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > wash clothes [verb (transitive)] > rinse rinsea1500 to wet out1882 α. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 691/2 I rynce clothes, je raince. I wyll rynce up the clothes here in the bolle. 1598 B. Yong tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 74 As I was going to the riuer to rince my clothes. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rinser, to reinse linnen clothes. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 128 By scouring, washing, rinsing it as spots..are washed out of clothes. 1686 in J. Munsell Ann. Albany (1850) II. 94 No person whatsoever shall..rense cloathes..in or near any of the wells. 1735 J. Barrow Dict. Polygraphicum II. at Pearls Take a quarter of a pound of soap, and boil the silk in it for two hours, then pour some rain-water in a vessel, to which add a bowl-full of the blue lye..then rinse out the silk and dry it. 1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing I. i. ii. i. 147 The cotton must be rinsed in a stream of water. 1796 A. Menzies in J. C. Smyth Acct. Exper. Union Hosp. Ship 13 All the dirty linen removed from them [sc. the sick] was immediately immersed in a tub of cold water,..rinsed out, and hung up till nearly dry. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 544 In scouring the raw cotton, it is usual to boil it..in sour water or an alkaline ley, after which it is wrung out, rinsed, and dryed. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany iv. 44 They were beating and rinsing and wringing the unfortunate sheets and table-cloths. 1889 F. L. Gillette White House Cook Bk. 458 Wash well in strong, warm soap-suds, rinse and wipe dry with a dry, soft cloth. 1906 Wilson's Photogr. Mag. Dec. 540/1 The same cloth is wrung out after rinsing it under the faucet. 1954 Househ. Guide & Almanac (News of World) 163/2 Wash cotton seersucker in hot suds (nylon seersucker in warm suds) and rinse well. 1976 M. Millar Ask for me Tomorrow (1977) xvi. 132 You're not helpless. Can't you rinse out your own socks? 2005 R. B. Pelzer Brother's Journ. ix. 134 Pushing me aside she rinsed the shirt in the bathroom sink and wrung it out. β. a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) 1182 (MED) She toke the Shirte..And wesht it onys and ryneshed it so clene, That afterward was noo spotte on it seen.1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Esbourrer,..to rinch, or wash (a cloath, &c.) lightly, or sleightly.1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves Rench, to wash clean with water, as cloths.a1841 J. Guild Jrnl. in Proc. Vermont Hist. Soc. (1937) 5 263 She would..go down to a brook about forty rods and stand in the brook and rench her close.1862 C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds & Neighbourhood 393 Renching cloas out.1880 Atlantic Monthly June 828/2 Not uncommonly provincial people, and Mr. Lincoln's ‘plain people’, talk of ‘renching [for rinsing] clothes’.1920 O. Whiteley Story of Opal xxiii. 182 It is so much of fun to lift things up and down in blue water. On wash-days the mamma has me to do it much. She calls it renching the clothes.1941 E. P. O'Donnell Great Big Doorstep i. 2 How many time I'm gunna tell you..to come and rench out the diaper?γ. 1856 J. Ballantine Poems 13 In the wee gushing burn [they] ringe their siller-white claes.1881 J. Sargisson Joe Scoap's Jurneh 141 They gat em heaam an rinje't em weel anunder t' pump. b. transitive. To immerse (something) in water or pour water on to or over (something), so as to remove impurities. Also with off, out. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > wash [verb (transitive)] > rinse sinda1350 spoil1480 rinsec1500 slouse1726 sluice1755 sozzle1845 slush1854 to wash out1876 sloush1889 wash1894 slooshy1907 sloosh1912 c1500 (?a1437) Kingis Quair (1939) i (MED) In Aquary Citherea the clere Rynsid hir tressis. 1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 2 Washe the head euery thyrde daye wyth strong warme lye..: at the last rensch the head with colde lye. 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 893/2 Let the priest rence his hands, lest any parcels of the body or bloud be left behind in his fingers or in the chalice. 1583 L. Mascall tr. Profitable Bk. Spottes & Staines 20 Take of good wood and breake the rootes off, and then cut them small, then wash and rence them in cold water. 1607 J. Davies Summa Totalis sig. H2 Likewise the Delvge (that did rince this Rovnd) Came..To make it cleane. 1632 J. Vicars tr. Virgil XII Aeneids ix. 276 I brought thee not to this sad funerall, Nor shed salt teares to rensh thy corps withall. 1641 J. Milton Animadversions 14 They could not refine a Scorpion into a Fish, though they had drawn it, and rinc't it with never so cleanly Cookery. 1700 J. Addison Milton's Stile Imitated iii, in Wks. (1726) I. 62 He rins'd the wound, And washed away the..clotted blood. 1753 R. Poole Beneficent Bee 82/2 To dip the Spoon into the common Dish of Broth, or Soup, after it has been in the Mouth of any one, till it be first rinched in Water, is very unpolite. 1822 W. Whiter Etymologicon Universale II. 1091 In the phrase ‘Rinse a Bottle’, sometimes called ‘Rench or Wrench a Bottle’, we see the peculiar sense of the word; as the term, we know, directly means ‘To Clean a bottle by the process of Wringing or Turning it’ about. 1832 R. Abbey in J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. (ed. 2) 576 Rinse the leaves in cold water,..and dry them on hot plates. 1859 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing i. 13 Take care that your lid, as well as your utensil, be always thoroughly rinsed. 1864 How to do It 88 [Rub] the marble till clean. Rinse it off with fair water, and rub it dry with a clean linen cloth. 1889 J. W. Riley Knee-deep in June Rench my hair In the dew. 1907 M. E. Dodd Chem. of Househ. 136 A second dishpan of clear, hot water in which to rinse the dishes is a great help. 1940 C. McCullers Heart is Lonely Hunter ii. xi. 276 She..rinched his face and hands at the sink. 1977 J. Pepper What a Thing to Say 27 It is usually a farmer's wife who will tell an unexpected visitor ‘Wud ye wait till I red the table and rench the dishes?’ 1989 W. McIlvanney Walking Wounded 177 He rinsed his plate, knife and fork and coffee-mug under the hot water tap before putting them in the basin to be washed. 2005 County Living Apr. 23 Wash [the blown egg] in soapy water, rinse and dry. c. transitive (reflexive). To immerse oneself in or splash one's body lightly with water in order to remove dirt, soap, etc.With later use cf. sense 5. ΚΠ 1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. i. f. 63^v They wash and wrinse themselues very cleane. 1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 183 Hanging downe his head, as one discontent, till he hath washed and rinsed himselfe. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 205 Having rinsed her selfe all over in pure running water. 1817 W. Mariner & J. Martin Acct. Natives Tonga Islands I. ix. 306 The natives frequently resort to rinse themselves with the fresh water found in the hollows,..after having bathed themselves in the sea. 1845 S. Judd Margaret i. ii. 10 They went on the cistern on the back side of the house, washed and rinsed themselves for dinner. 1899 E. David Funafuti xvi. 210 A few..bathed in the lagoon..and then came up and rinsed themselves with a little rain-water in the main street. 1944 H. Abend Treaty Ports xviii. 181 Sloshed water over himself with a dipper, soaped lavishly, and then rinsed himself with dollops of hot water from the dipper. 1984 D. M. Millard Daily Living with Handicapped Child v. 74 The child will probably enjoy rinsing himself with a hand-held shower nozzle. 2005 T. M. McNally Goat Bridge (2007) 277 She stood in the center of the bath, rinsing herself with the handheld faucet, soap pouring off her limbs. 5. a. transitive. To remove (dirt, impurities, etc.) by rinsing. Usually with away, from, off, out. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away > by rinsing rinse1565 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Abluo To rinse away his thirst. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 63 Hee rinst in the water thee drosse from his late bored eyelyd. 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 3 That whole flood could not wash or rinch away that one spot of his atheisme. 1646 P. Bulkley Gospel-covenant i. 174 First wee scoure and rinse out the filth that is in it. 1794 Waterhouse in J. Morse Amer. Geogr. (1796) I. 501 Such a course of water drinking will open obstructions, rinse out impurities. 1841 O. Campbell Treat. Carriage, Sign, & Ornamental Painting 29 The Color is to be thoroughly washed from the Brush, and all the specks and skins of Paint are to be rinsed out with Spirits of Turpentine. 1890 New Eng. Mag. Sept. 41 I'd quaff your cup of air and sun and let it drench my soul, Rinse out the curse of feebleness and make me clean and whole. 1988 J. Wright in F. Graziano & P. Stitt Profile 46 I leaned down to rinse the dust from my face. 2002 P. C. Johnson Secrets, Gossip, & Gods iii. v. 129 A purifying bath to rinse off the pollution from the street. b. transitive. To remove (residual soap, detergent, etc.) from something that has been washed, by means of a fresh application of clean water. With away, from, off, out. ΚΠ 1821 W. Kitchiner Cook's Oracle (ed. 3) 157 Rub them [sc. Poultry] with a little white Soap—thoroughly rinse it off—then dredge them well with flour. 1890 ‘Austin Clare’ Pearl in Shell 123 She laid aside her poss-stick and rinsed the suds from her hands. 1925 Today's Housewife Feb. 33/2 You will not have any difficulty rinsing out the soap if you use this shampoo. 1950 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 50 410/3 We have been taught to rinse away all traces of soap, but it is frequently advantageous to leave some detergent on washed surfaces. 1986 Orange Coast Mag. May 142/1 (advt.) Rinse the conditioner out with cool water. 2004 Backwoods Home Mag. Sept.–Oct. 59/1 Use a wash cloth and basin of water, then pour water over yourself to rinse the soap off. c. intransitive. Esp. of soap: to admit of being washed off or removed with water. Also with out. ΚΠ 1895 Friends' Intelligencer & Jrnl. 15 June p. ii/2 (advt.) Cheap soaps do not rinse out. Ivory Soap rinses readily, leaving the clothes sweet, clean and white. 1943 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 43 45 Its creamy, abundant lather rinses completely. 1991 E. W. Flick Prepaint Specialties & Surface Tolerant Coatings 294 Contains no phenolic compounds and rinses easily, even in hard water. 2003 Elle Girl May–June 139 The rich foaming lather rinses clean without any pore-clogging residue. 6. †a. transitive. To clean out, to empty. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > leave unoccupied [verb (transitive)] > empty > empty or exhaust draw1483 rinse1575 sponge1610 clear1699 bottom1808 to clean out1844 deplete1850 deplenish1859 1575 G. Gascoigne Fruites of Warre lxix, in Posies sig. Hviii^v His owne companions can contriue a meane, To cutte his throate and rinse his budgets cleane. b. transitive. To cleanse, make pure. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > clean [verb (transitive)] yclense971 cleansea1000 farmOE fayc1220 fowc1350 absterse?a1425 mundify?a1425 muck1429 to cast clean1522 absterge1526 sprinkle1526 reconcile1535 net1536 clengec1540 neat?1575 snuff?1575 rinse1595 deterge1623 scavengea1644 scavenger1645 decrott1653 reform1675 clean1681 deterse1684 fluxa1763 to clean away, offa1839 to clean down1839 scavage1851 untaint1855 to sand and canvas1912 1595 R. Southwell St. Peters Complaint 3 A sea will scantly rince my ordurde soule: Huge horrours in high tides must drowned bee. 1600 S. Rowlands Letting of Humors Blood Satyre vi. sig. E8 A pottle of wine..Drunke with an Apple, is imployed right, To rince the Liuer. a1628 J. Preston Saints Daily Exercise (1629) 132 He washeth and renseth his heart. a1658 R. Lovelace Poems (1864) 244 Thy thoughts..Rench'd from earth's tainted, fat and heavy steams. 1761 J. Armstrong Day 14 'Twill cost a Sea of Claret and Champain, Of this retarding Glue to rinse the Nation's Brain. 1831 Spirit of Pilgrims Nov. 620 He that has nothing to rinse his polluted soul with, but his own penitential tears, endeavors only to purify himself in muddy water. 1892 W. R. Alger Sources of Consol. ii. 141 Affectionate and humble suppliants, as they look up to heaven, rinse every petition in their eyes before offering it, that it may be seen to be true. 1964 W. Golding Spire ii. 35 The sky was rinsed clear by a rainy night. 1987 S. Zulauf Succasunna New Jersey 51 After all my sleepless trembling, Rinse my soul, deliver it to Jesus. 2001 S. W. Silverman Love Sick 200 Only the state of starvation..can..rinse my mind, drain my heart, formaldehyde the remains. †7. transitive. To moisten; to drench. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > make wet [verb (transitive)] weta950 bathec1000 drenchc1230 blotenc1325 danka1350 anointa1375 moista1382 beshed1382 moil?a1425 madefy?1440 arrouse1480 moisturea1500 humect1531 intinct1547 moisten1559 rinse1579 inebriate1610 irrigate1615 slocken1627 irriguate1632 humectate1640 madidate1656 slake1810 1579 S. Gosson Ephemerides Phialo iii. f. 77 When they haue rensed their couche with teares, the smoke of theyr sighes might arise vppe lyke Frankensence into his nostthriles. 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor iii. iii. sig. Kiii^v To rince his clammie guts in beere. View more context for this quotation 1648 G. Daniel Eclog. iii. Hakon's Song ii Had I but now, one boule To rince my thirsty Soule. 1720 E. Ward Delights of Bottle i. 12 What Orator at Bar can plead, Till he has rins'd his thoughtful Head, Or, with a chearful Morning's Draught, Refresh'd the Glandules of his Throat. 8. transitive. To wash (food) down with liquor, water, etc. Also figurative or in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > wash down food to wash down1600 water1630 rinse1631 wet1878 1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies viii. 58 All their differences are soone rinsed downe in Lambs-wooll. ?1797 T. Shaw Let. to Alexander Mather 21 If any one can swallow this mountain, we need not fear but he will drink up the largest river in Europe to rinse it down. 1812 W. Tennant Anster Fair ii. lxxix. 50 Ever and anon they eat a lunch, And rinse the mouthfuls down with flav'rous whisky punch. 1851 J. S. Springer Forest Life & Forest Trees ii. vii. 148 A biscuit of pilot-bread, with a ‘frizzled’ slice of pork, constitute their repast—ten to one if it be not rinsed down with a draught of ‘fire-water’. 1860 H. F. Read Haunted Student 351 So rinse down your ill humor with the best wisdom of the Fathers, bottled here for our improvement. 1900 Northwestern Lancet 20 44/1 By ‘strong diet’ I mean a great deal of fat pork, rinsed down with a quantity of a liquid, called by courtesy, ‘tea’. 1949 G. Greene 19 Stories (new ed.) 148 The newsprint stuck like a prune skin to the back of my throat, but I rinsed it down with water from the ewer. 2008 Gold Coast (Australia) Bull. (Nexis) 2 Jan. Black bread, sausages, fried eggs and cucumber pickles rinsed down with a cup of strong, hot tea is more of the breakfast trademark in Russia. 9. transitive. To treat (hair) with a tinting or conditioning rinse (rinse n. 5). Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > beautify (the hair) [verb (transitive)] > colour dyec1386 colour1600 henna1851 blondine1894 peroxide1899 tint1921 highlight1935 rinse1959 blue-rinse1962 streak1965 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > beautify the hair [verb (intransitive)] > colour rinse1971 1925 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 19 Jan. 4/1 (advt.) Only hair so rinsed [sc. in lemon juice] is really sweet and clean. 1959 N. Lofts Heaven in your Hand 125 His mother, of course, used make-up too, and had her hair ‘rinsed’ and waved. 1971 M. Kelly 25th Hour i. 53 Louise's hair seemed to go an elegant grey all at once (she rinses a bit of course). 1992 D. Allison Bastard out of Carolina ii. 28 Rinsed it in piss, she did, every Sunday evening... All 'cause Granny swore baby-piss rinses would keep her blond. 2003 C. Birch Turn again Home ix. 120 Her hair was kinked and rinsed the colour of caramel toffee. Phrases North American colloquial and humorous rinse, repeat: used after a verb (originally lather, with reference to the instructions frequently found on shampoo labels), to indicate that an action or sequence is repeated. ΚΠ 1992 Vancouver Sun 12 Feb. d1/3 After that, it's lather, rinse and repeat: Back over the mountain, back to the shooting fields then out and back again. 1995 San Diego Union-Tribune (Electronic ed.) 19 June c2 Ben Crenshaw tried to finesse his ball up the hill onto a green; it rolled back to his feet. Rinse. Repeat. 1997 CIO 15 May 36/1 Then it's lather, rinse, repeat at the next company. 2007 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 23 Nov. iv. 10 (headline) Win a title, rinse, repeat. Driscoll has no special formula other than winning. Compounds † rinse-pitcher n. Obsolete a drinker. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > one who drinks to excess houndOE drinkerc1200 keach-cup?c1225 gulchcupa1250 bollerc1320 taverner1340 ale stake?1515 wine-bibber1535 bibber1536 swill-bowl1542 malt-wormc1550 rinse-pitcher1552 bibblera1556 ale knight1556 tosspot1568 ring-pigger1570 troll-the-bowl1575 malt-bug1577 gossip-pint-pot1580 black pot1582 alehouse knight1583 worrier1584 suck-spigot1585 bezzle1592 bezzlera1593 cup-leech1593 soaker1593 carouser1596 barley-cap1598 swiller1598 rob-pot1599 Philistine1600 sponge1600 wine-knight1601 fill-knaga1605 reel-pot1604 faithful1609 fill-pot1609 bouser1611 spigot-sucker1611 suck-pint1611 whip-can1611 bib-all-night1612 afternoon man1615 potling1616 Bacchanalian1617 bombard1617 pot-shot1617 potisuge1620 trougha1625 tumbrila1625 borachioa1627 pot-leech1630 kill-pota1637 biberon1637 bang-pitcher1639 son of Bacchusc1640 shuffler1642 suck-bottlea1652 swill-pot1653 poter1657 potatora1660 old soaker1665 fuddle cap1666 old toast1668 bubber1669 toper1673 ale-toast1691 Bacchant1699 fuddler1699 swill-belly1699 tickle-pitcher1699 whetter1709 draughtsmanc1720 bender1728 drammer1740 dram-drinker1744 drammist1756 rum-bud1805 siper1805 Bacchanal1812 boozera1819 rum-sucker1819 soak1820 imp of the spigot1821 polyposist1821 wineskin1821 sack-guzzler1823 sitfast1828 swill-flagon1829 cup-man1834 swiper1836 Lushington1851 lushing-man1859 bloat1860 pottle pot1860 tipsificator1873 tipsifier1873 pegger1874 swizzler1876 bibulant1883 toss-cup1883 lusher1895 stew-bum1902 shicker1906 stiff1907 souse1915 booze-hound1926 stumblebum1932 tanker1932 lush-hound1935 lushy1944 lush-head1945 binge drinker1946 pisshead1946 hophead1948 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Rynche pytcher, lagenarius. 1562 W. Bullein Bk. Simples f. 13, in Bulwarke of Defence The rinsepichers had a good medicen prepared for them: for the Maior of London,..made an order against mightie Bere and Ale. 1580 Baret's Aluearie (rev. ed.) A 270 A common haunter of alehouses, or vittayling houses... a rinsepicher. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1738v.a1400
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