wash-bowln.
/ˈwɒʃbəʊl/, U.S. /ˈwɔʃˌboʊl/, /ˈwɑʃˌboʊl/ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > vessel for washing clothes in
wash-bowla1529
buck1530
boyne1532
washing-tub1560
wash-tub1602
bucking-tub1615
buck-vat1620
washing-bowl1622
swill1624
possing tub1659
suds-tub1805
bucking-vat1822
bucking-keir1823
peggy tub1823
poss-tub1829
pounding barrel1853
posskit1855
wash-boiler1875
washpot1926
a1529 J. Skelton Speke Parrot in Certayne Bks. (?1545) sig. A.iiiiv Our grekys ye walow, in the washbol argolycorum.
1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 231/1 Labrum,..a washing tub or washbooll.
1620 T. Gataker Mariage Praier 19 It is no shame for thee, though thou beest wealthy, to seeke her [a wife] at the wash-boule.
1673 Bp. S. Parker Reproof Rehearsal Transprosed 11 So that methinks according to your notion, there is nothing so patly emblematical of Soveraign Princes, as Dufoy in his Tub, or a Pig under a wash-bole.
1698 J. Collier Short View Immorality Eng. Stage v. 222 So that if he was resolv'd to have shown her thus unpolish'd, he should have made her keep Sheep, or brought her up at the Wash-Boul.
2.
a. A wash-hand basin.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > washing the hands > vessel for washing the hands (and face)
washela1375
laverc1394
washing-bowl1530
washpot1535
washing-basin1538
cistern1577
lavacre1657
lavatorya1676
chillumchee1715
wash-hand basin1760
wash-dish1805
washbasin1812
wash-bowl1816
chamber set1824
toilet bowl1850
wash-pan1851
lavatory basin1854
wash sink1857
lavatory bowl1872
wash-trough1902
pedestal basin1967
pedestal washbasin1967
vanity basin1972
w.h.b.1975
1816 U. Brown Jrnl. in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1915) 10 369 His wash-bowl [is] the knot of a tree.
1883 C. D. Warner Roundabout Journey 183 The guest is allowed a wash-bowl, but no pitcher.
1888 Q. Rev. Jan. 132 Emerson alone took no part in this ‘storm in a wash-bowl’.
1904 E. Nesbit Phoenix & Carpet viii. 157 Jane fetched the wash-bowl from the sink.
b. spec. A vessel in which gold is washed.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for treating ores > [noun] > for washing ore > for gold
scour1619
rocker1828
cradle1833
pan1835
Long Tom1839
Tom1839
wash-bowl1848
gold washer1849
sluice1851
wash-pan1851
tub1853
gold pan1854
mining pan1858
pan mill1869
Tommy1892
1848 in Essex Inst. Historical Coll. (1874) XII. 106 I came from Salem City, With my wash bowl on my knee.
1850 E. Christman Jrnl. 3 Apr. in One Man's Gold (1930) 131 I am standing in a hole to the depth of my knees, with my pick raised high in the air; my spade and washbowl are lying upon the ground by my side.
1925 E. O'Neill Desire under Elms i. iv. 66 Their voices..take up the song of the gold-seekers to the old tune of ‘Oh Susannah’... ‘I'm off to Californi-a! With my wash bowl on my knee.’
3. transferred. A hat resembling a wash-hand basin in shape.
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a1861 T. Winthrop John Brent xix. 209 Men hatted with slouched hats, wash-bowls, and stove-pipes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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