wash-workn.

Brit.

/ˈwɒʃwəːk/, U.S.

/ˈwɔʃˌwərk/,

/ˈwɑʃˌwərk/

Etymology: < wash n. or wash v.

†1. to make wash-work with: apparently ‘to make short work of’. Cf. the phrase under wash-way n. 1b, of which this appears to be an altered form.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > do, deal with, acquire, etc., quickly [verb (transitive)]

deliverc1400

expedite1471

dispatchc1515

jumpa1616

to make wash-work with1637

rattlea1766

to knock off1817

rustle1844

reel1870

zip1891

rush1893

fast forward1982

1637 Abp. J. Williams Holy Table 159 And if this Leader should chance to be overcome,..we shall make wash-work with the rest of his followers.

2. Used for wash-drawing n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to medium or technique > [noun] > watercolour painting > type of

wash-drawing1889

wash-work1893

1893 A. Beardsley Let. c15 Feb. (1970) 44 Nobody gave me credit for caricature and wash-work, but I have blossomed out into both styles.

1900 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Nov. 1/3 Mr. Frank Craig..is scarcely behind Mr. Hatherell in his excellent wash-work.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wash-work
释义	wash-workn. Brit. /ˈwɒʃwəːk/, U.S. /ˈwɔʃˌwərk/, /ˈwɑʃˌwərk/ Etymology: < wash n. or wash v. †1. to make wash-work with: apparently ‘to make short work of’. Cf. the phrase under wash-way n. 1b, of which this appears to be an altered form. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > do, deal with, acquire, etc., quickly [verb (transitive)] deliverc1400 expedite1471 dispatchc1515 jumpa1616 to make wash-work with1637 rattlea1766 to knock off1817 rustle1844 reel1870 zip1891 rush1893 fast forward1982 1637 Abp. J. Williams Holy Table 159 And if this Leader should chance to be overcome,..we shall make wash-work with the rest of his followers. 2. Used for wash-drawing n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to medium or technique > [noun] > watercolour painting > type of wash-drawing1889 wash-work1893 1893 A. Beardsley Let. c15 Feb. (1970) 44 Nobody gave me credit for caricature and wash-work, but I have blossomed out into both styles. 1900 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Nov. 1/3 Mr. Frank Craig..is scarcely behind Mr. Hatherell in his excellent wash-work. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1637
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