washern.1
/ˈwɒʃə/, U.S. /ˈwɔʃər/, /ˈwɑʃər/ 1. One who washes.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > [noun] > one who washes
washer1530
washeress1648
1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) iii. 306 Mediatrix, Menesse of men, and wassher of synnes.
1572 J. Higgins Huloets Dict. (rev. ed.) Washer, lotor.
1706 E. Baynard in J. Floyer Anc. Ψυχρολουσια Revived (rev. ed.) ii. 77 No Men live so long and healthful, as the Washers and Dablers in Cold Water.
1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality V. xvii. 19 The lowliness of a washer of feet.
1770 G. White Let. 8 Oct. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 133 Common house-sparrows..are great washers.
1886 Daily News 16 Sept. 8/5 Good Laundrymaid Wanted in a private house. Must be a good washer and ironer.
1909 Daily Chron. 24 Mar. 4/6 In these days when washing is made either a fad or a religion, according to the temperament of the washer.
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society > trade and finance > money > mutilating coin > [noun] > person who
clipperc1330
rounger?a1400
washerc1450
money batterer?1518
launderer1632
tonsor1697
money-clipper1759
plugger1842
sweater1845
shorter1857
1414 Rolls of Parl. IV. 35/2 Les lavours, tonsours, & contrefaitours del monie de la Terre.]
c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 19 And we denounce acursed alle makerys of fals monye, & clypperys, and wasscherys.
1534 Act 26 Hen. VIII c. 6 §6 There to cause all suche counterfaytors, washers, clyppers of money..to be indyted.
1771 Encycl. Brit. III. 256/1 Clippers and washers of coin.
3. † b. A person employed to wash and ‘get up’ household linen, a launderer or laundress. Obsolete.
a. One whose occupation or profession is the cleansing of materials, vessels, etc.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > [noun] > one who washes > as an occupation
washer1515
1515 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1903) V. 20 Ane fynour, weschear, and meltar of gold.
a1529 J. Skelton Poems against Garnesche in Poet Wks. (1843) I. 120 Ye war a kechyn page, A dyshewasher.
1587 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1878) iii. xi. ii. 73 Everie dishwasher refused to looke in other than silver glasses for the attiring of his head.
1621 H. Elsynge Notes Deb. House of Lords (1870) 34 Shewes the washing by them [the silk-throwsters], who washed away the gum. Then the dyer was founde out to add that to the weight what the washers had taken away, which the washer coulde not doe.
1807 E. S. Waring Tour Sheeraz 21 A Moordu-Sho (a washer of dead bodies).
1844 tr. M. T. Asmar Mem. Babylonian Princess II. 176 ‘Wherefore,’ said the washer of skins, ‘thou seest, a marvellous change was wrought in me’.
1872 Ld. Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 48 Dish-washer and broach-turner, loon!—to me Thou smellest all of kitchen as before.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > one who washes clothes
laundera1350
lavendera1350
laundererc1475
lavendrya1483
washer1530
scourer1756
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 287/1 Wassher of gownes, relaueur.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. ii. 4 One Mistris Quickly; which is in the manner of his Nurse;..or his Laundry; his Washer, and his Ringer.
a1627 T. Middleton Chast Mayd in Cheape-side (1630) ii. 23 Two of my Wiues foule Smocks, going to the Washers.
1642 St. Mary le Bow (Durham) Par. Reg. Margarett the washer bur. 15 May.
1690–1700 Order of Hospitalls sig. Gii Yow shall geue diligent heede, that the said Washers and Nurses of this Howse be alwaies well occupied.
1732 H. Fielding Covent-Garden Trag. i. ix. 13 Thus burning from the Fire, the Washer lifts The red-hot Iron to make smooth her Shifts.
1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) III. lxxii. 34 A girl in Hodge-lane, who owed some three or four pound to her washer.
c. One who washes sheep before shearing.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep washing or dipping > sheepwasher
washer1520
sheepwasher1890
1520 in Archaeologia 25 437 Item pd to Barnaby Bryse..for castyng inne ye shepe to ye wayshers viij d.
1612 in J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths (1856) I. 200 To the washers of the sheepe, vjd.
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 20 One goode washer will..wash sixe score or sixe score and tenne [sheep] in a day.
1826 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 788 The rude grasp of the relentless washer.
d. One who washes (ore, alluvial soil, etc.) as a mining operation.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > miner using specific method
washer1531
streamer1619
shoader1882
outcropper1926
strip-miner1946
1531–2 Act 23 Hen. VIII c. 8 §1 That no person or persons..shall labour, dig, or wash any tin in any of the said tin workes, called Streme workes, vnlesse the saide digger, owner or wassher, shall make..sufficient hatches and ties in the ende of their buddels and cordes [etc.].
1555 R. Eden tr. G. F. de Oviedo y Valdés Summarie Gen. Hist. W. Indies in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 178 These wasshers [at the gold mines] for the moste parte, are the Indian women.
1609 in Cochran-Patrick Early Rec. Mining Scot. (1878) 143 Waschers with the seiff.
1609 in Cochran-Patrick Early Rec. Mining Scot. (1878) 143 Dressaris and wascheris with the buddill, wascheris with the canves.
1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. N3b And the washer always keeps a Lay of this over the Bottom of the Seive.
1849 C. J. Lever Confessions Con Cregan II. xxii. 44 Others rarely rise above the rank of mere ‘washers’—men employed to sift the..deposits of the rivers in which the chief product is gold-dust.
1870 J. O. Tucker Mute 40 A thousand washers in their rude array Bend to a toil and none superior knew.
e. One who is employed in a stable-yard, cab or omnibus depôt, etc., to wash down the vehicles after use.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing other specific things > [noun] > one who washes vehicles
washer1868
1868 Daily News 8 Sept. Besides the yard money..we must give the horsekeeper at least 3d., the washer 2d.
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 July 1/2 On returning to the yard at night he has to stump up..a tip of..threepence to the washer.
f. with adverbs.
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1859 K. Cornwallis Panorama New World I. 323 Wanted, a Washer-up.—Victoria Dining-rooms.
1881 M. Reynolds Engine-driving Life 132 Another gang of men known as washers-out, set to and clean the boiler out.
1906 A. B. Todd Poet. Wks. Remin. vii. 68 My duties were to be what is called a ‘washer-off’ to a tile-moulder.
4.
a. A popular name of the Wagtail, Motacilla lugubris. Cf. wash-dish n. 1, dishwasher n. 3, and washerwoman n. 2.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Motacillidae > genus Motacilla > motacilla alba (pied wagtail)
washerc1325
washstarta1400
wevesterte14..
water swallow1544
dishwasher1575
water-wagtail1593
dishwater1674
seed bird1675
pied wagtail1744
willy wagtail1780
washerwoman1817
wash-dish1825
moll-washer1847
deviling1853
devil's bird1853
tinner1866
peggy1885
c1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Wright Voc. 165 La vanele e le pounzot (glossed a wype and wasthere [? read waschere]).
1553 J. Withals Shorte Dict. f. 5v/1 A wagtaile, wassher..motacilla.
1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 90 Motacilla..the washer, or water-wagtail.
1797 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds I. 187 (note) They are sometimes called Washers, from their peculiar motion.
1832 Slaney Outl. smaller Brit. Birds 65 (Pied Wagtail) Often called by the common people the dish-washer, or washerwoman.
1884 J. Colborne With Hicks Pasha in Soudan 265 I was surprised to meet my little friend the water wagtail, the dish-washer, where there was not a drop of water to wag his tail at.
1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 44 Pied Wagtail..Moll washer.
b. A name of the Racoon. Cf. wash-bear n., washing-bear (washing adj. 3).
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Procyonidae (raccoons) > [noun] > genus Procyon (raccoon)
raccoon1610
rattoon1648
coon1742
Procyon1827
tree-bear1891
wash-bear1891
washer1891
washing racoon1891
1858 W. Baird Cycl. Nat. Sci. (1860) 569/2 The racoon, Procyon lotor, is a native of America... Its specific name, lotor (washer), is derived from its habit of plunging its dry food into water before eating it.]
1891 Cent. Dict. ; and in other recent Dicts.
5.
a. An apparatus for washing; a washing-machine used in various industries.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > [noun] > washing apparatus
washer1808
1808 J. C. Curwen Hints Econ. Feeding Stock 33 The washer being removed by the crane, to the place where the dirty potatoes are laid.
1860 R. Hunt Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 5) III. 977 The small coal resulting from the washer..is delivered into a common pit placed under the washers.
1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 816/2 (Bleaching) The continuous washer..patented in 1852, is deserving of notice as a simple and efficient washing-machine.
1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 389 The cement silver is washed in a washer invented by Professor Pearce.
b. A machine in which the rags used in paper-making are worked to wash and open their fibres.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > paper-making equipment > [noun] > for washing rags
washer1825
washing-engine1825
worker1853
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 366 The paper-mill consists of a water-wheel,..connected with..wheels, so arranged as to cause the cylinder in the washer, and the one in the beating engine,..to make from 120 to 150 revolutions per minute.
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 926 There is another [engine],..called the washer, in which the rags are first worked coarsely with a stream of water.
c. An apparatus for cleansing coal-gas.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > removal of impurities from gas or vapour > [noun] > apparatus for
purificator?1813
purifier1834
wash-bottle1849
scrubber1853
washer1853
washing-bottle1857
precipitron1938
1853 S. Hughes Gas-works 134 Of the washer and condenser for separating the tar and ammoniacal liquor.
1883 Chambers's Jrnl. 267 The resulting gas is led off to a washer, and thence to a gasholder.
d. A machine for washing domestic linen.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > washing-machine
Yorkshire maiden1752
washing-machinec1754
washer1884
1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 116/2 Seven of Greenall's Steam Washers, different sizes, for domestic use. Clothes are washed by steam.
1894 E. Banks Campaigns Curiosity 190 She carefully measured the amount of soda that was put into the washers.
1908 Daily Chron. 19 Feb. 9/6 Washer (40-shirt hand) by Whitaker.
e. An apparatus for washing photographic plates or prints.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > processing and printing equipment > [noun] > other processing or printing equipment
filter paper1670
buffer1854
fuming-box1874
squeegee1878
light trap1881
changing table1882
print-washer1889
washer1891
safe lamp1893
rectifier1921
apron1935
register board1967
1891 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 97 The prints on being taken out of the washer are well sponged..before drying.
f. A machine for washing dishes; a dishwasher.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing table utensils > [noun] > machine for washing table utensils
dishwasher1867
washer1958
1958 I. Asimov Whiff of Death xvii. 170 Just let me put the dishes in the washer and then we'll go to bed.
1976 H. MacInnes Agent in Place xx. 215 She stacked dishes into the washer.
a. A smith's tool: see quots.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > forging equipment > other forging equipment
fuller1587
burras-pipe1676
anvil1678
washer1678
porter1794
porter rod1839
top-tool1877
turn-bat1881
porter bar1887
1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. i. 10 With your Washer dipt in Water damp the outside of the Fire to keep the Heat in.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 321/1 Smiths Tools... The Washer, is a Bundle of Rushes..with an Iron Stail to it; with this Water is sprinkled out of the Trough into the Fire to make it burn the hotter.
b. ? A sponge for cleansing the bore of a gun. Obsolete.
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1708 London Gaz. No. 4455/4 Fine Triangle Worms.., experienc'd for drawing of Balls out of Pieces, with Scowerers and Washers to them.
7. (a) A cock or outlet valve of a water-supplying pipe. (b) The outlet valve of a basin, cistern, etc. to which the waste-pipe is attached.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > tap > types of
washer1596
plug1707
ballcock1734
bib cock1797
draw-off1826
plug cock1826
screw tap1842
waste-cock1844
ball tap1849
self-tapping1878
mixing valve1902
mixer tap1936
combination tap1951
mixer1973
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > control(s) > [noun] > valve > others
washer1596
turncock1702
air cock1709
Jack-in-the-box1728
runner1754
stop-valve1829
three-way cock1838
ball valve1839
relief valve1846
poppet valve1851
plunger valve1854
pot-lid1856
reflux valve1857
screw-down1864
mica valve1880
tide flap1884
tube-valve1884
swing-tap1892
relay valve1894
Schrader1895
pilot valve1900
mixer valve1904
spool valve1908
spill valve1922
safety valving1930
three-way1939
1596 J. Harington Anat. Metamorph. Aiax sig. Liijv To which pype you must haue a Cocke or a washer to yeeld water with some pretie strength, when you would let it in.
1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 199 If it be a Four-inch Pipe, you should give it a Washer and Opening of six Inches at the Bottom of the Reserver.
1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 211 To empty the Bason entirely.., which is done by means of a Washer, and a Waste-Pipe at the Bottom of it.
1716 London Gaz. No. 5493/3 Brass Cocks, Washers, &c. of all Sizes.
1851 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. (ed. 2) (Gloss.) Add. 1056 Washer,..the perforated metal plate of a sink or drain, which can be removed for letting off the waste water.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2727/1 Washer,..a street-washer or pavement-plug, where a hose may be attached to water the street, pavement, or urban garden.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > other
mantlec1300
osset1346
packing whites1483
stammet1531
frison1562
maldy1588
sorting-cloth1593
celter1597
washer1613
grazet1696
frisoneer1700
caneva1885
1613 J. May Declar. Estate of Clothing v. 32 There haue some merchants caused counterfeit Deuonshire kersies to bee made in Yorkshire out of washers or halfethicks.
1627 Treasurer's Almanacke (ed. 2) B 8 b [List of Woollen cloths.] Washers of Lancashire.
9. A face-flannel. Australian.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > washing the hands > vessel for washing the hands (and face) > face-cloth
face cloth1584
wash-rag1890
face flannel1898
flannel1906
wash-cloth1915
washer1951
oshibori1956
1951 D. Cusack Say no to Death xxxi. 194 Doreen had given her a washer and a drop of warm water to wash the sleep out of her eyes.
1970 P. White Vivisector iv. 236 He was reminded of an old face-washer, often grubby, one of the maids had crocheted for him, in wide mesh.
Compounds
C1. (Sense 3b) washer-girl, washer-maiden; (sense 5) washer-cloth; also washerman n., washerwoman n.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > one who washes clothes > a woman
washesterc900
laundress1555
washwoman1590
washmaidc1610
buck-washer1611
laundrya1616
laundry-maid1632
washerwoman1632
washing-woman1782
washer-wife1800
lavandera1841
laundry-woman1863
washer-maiden1876
washer-girl1907
1876 W. E. Henley Life & Death xxx, in Bk. Verses (1888) 92 The pretty washer-maiden, She washes on always!
1887 Manch. Exhib. Catal. 63 Cotton Manufacturers' Roller, Clearer, Washer, and Sizing Cloth.
1887 Manch. Exhib. Catal. 63 Washer Cloth for Mill Furnishing.
1907 J. Webster Jerry Junior ii. 22 The washer-girls wore dresses in the gayest of peasant clothes.
C2.
washer-dryer n. a machine that both washes clothes and dries them.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > washing-machine > type of
Laundromat1943
front-loader1960
washer-dryer1968
1968 Listener 1 Aug. 130/1 The unappealing image of America as a country..whose highest aspirations were another car in the garage or a bigger washer-dryer.
1971 Which? Mar. 72/2 Contracts for automatics cost about £9, for a washer-drier (like a Bendix) about £12.
1983 The Mag. Dec. 59/4 Built-in kitchen equipment, including dishwashers and washer-dryers.
Draft additions 1993
= screen washer n. at screen n.1 Compounds 4a.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > windscreen > devices for automatic cleaning of
windshield cleaner1921
screen wiper1922
windscreen wiper1922
windshield wiper1927
wiper1929
windscreen washer1938
screenwash1949
screen washer1951
washer1962
window washer1968
windshield squirter1978
1962 Which? Car Suppl. Oct. 131/2 The washers..would only operate properly when..the foot was taken off the accelerator.
1972 Drive New Year 109/1 Make sure that the washers work efficiently and that wiper blades are renewed as soon as they start to wear.
1976 Derbyshire Times 3 Sept. (Peak ed.) 20/5 The single steering column stalk that operates lights, wipers, washers and flasher has too much to do.
1990 Which? Guide New & Used Cars 21/2 Visibility awful in wet: very poor wipers and washers, demisting.
Draft additions 1993
washer bottle n. in a vehicle, a container which holds the reservoir of water for an automatic windscreen washer.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > windscreen > devices for automatic cleaning of > reservoir of cleaning fluid
washer bottle1972
1972 Motor 6 May 18/3 Electrifying your..wash/wipe system... Remove the rubber bulb and the pipe leading from it to the washer bottle.
1989 Truck Feb. 73/3 Reading daily check points like the washer bottle, can be a little awkward with the wheel in place.
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washern.2
/ˈwɒʃə/, U.S. /ˈwɔʃər/, /ˈwɑʃər/ a. A perforated annular disc or flattened ring of metal, leather, or other material placed between two surfaces subject to rotative friction, to relieve friction and prevent lateral motion and unsteadiness.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > washer or liner
washer1346
gasket1828
babbitting1851
bush1865
hat leather1869
liner1886
space washer1934
O-ring1954
1346 Accts. Exchequer King's Remembrancer 470/17 m. 2 De..v Cheynes pro barr[a] continentibus L. Linches, v. paribus tenellarum, ij. Whashers [etc.].
1544 in Lett. & Papers Henry VIII XIX. i. 148 Spare wheles for small ordynaunce 12 pair, lynce~pynnes, wasshers, [etc.].
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Cérchio di ferro, an iron hoope, amongst gunners called a washer, which serues to keepe the iron pin at the end of the axeltree from wearing the naue.
1682 in Early Rec. Town of Providence (Rhode Island) (1894) VI. 93 Jn ye Parlor 3 Cart boxes, i lince pinn & a washer 00–01–00.
1704 Dict. Rusticum at Cart The Washers, being the Rings on the ends of the Axle-tree.
1705 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Gentleman's Dict. ii. at Nave It has likewise in each end of the hole, through which the end of the Axletree goes, a ring of iron called the wisher, which saves the hole of the nave from wearing too big.
1795 Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 85 371 It is keyed fast at C; with proper washers between the joints to allow of a very smooth motion.
1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. Pl. xii Every tooth screws through a double frame separated by iron washers for greater steadiness.
1847 R. Brandon & J. A. Brandon Anal. Gothick Archit. I. 102 The closing ring or door latch..[consists of] the flat plate or washer, fixed to the outer surface of the door; the handle or ring; and the spindle.
1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table i A washer..makes a loose screw fit.
1876 R. D. Blackmore Cripps xxvi The vast diversity of wheels, as well as their many caprices of wagging, according to the state of their washers.
b. An annular disc of leather, rubber, or other material placed between the flanges of abutting water-pipes, beneath the plunger of a screw-down water-tap, etc. to prevent leakage.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > washer or liner > in pipe
wase1849
washer1850
1850 J. Ogilvie Imperial Dict. (at cited word) Washers of leather or pasteboard are also used to render screw and other junctions air-tight or water-tight.
1908 P. N. Hasluck Cassell's Handyman's Enquire Within 492/2 In the case of ordinary household water taps..they should be taken to pieces and new leather washers..fitted and fixed on to the jumpers.
c. A bearing-plate of iron placed under the nut of a bolt or tie-rod.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nut > washer between nut and bolt
washer1821
lock washer1868
olive1919
1821 R. Stevenson in Edinb. Philos. Jrnl. 5 246 The under ends of these perpendicular rods..are attached..with screw~nuts, resting upon corresponding washers, or plates of iron.
1839 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 2 191/2 Four iron tye-rods with washers placed transversely through the arch.
1851 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. (ed. 2) (Gloss.) Add. 1056 Washer, a flat piece of iron, or other metal, pierced with a hole for the passage of a screw, between whose nut and the timber it is placed.
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Wall~washer, a large plate at the end of a tie-rod to extend the external bearing.
d. In combinations.
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1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1027 Its other face..receives the flat ring x..in four notches corresponding to the four projections of the washer-ring.
1849 J. Glynn Constr. Cranes 108 The strong cast-iron cross..lays hold of the masonry by means of the holding-down bolts and washer-plates.
Derivatives
ˈwasherless adj. without a washer.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [adjective] > types of tap
four-way1824
washerless1908
1908 P. N. Hasluck Cassell's Handyman's Enquire Within 493/1 Washerless Water-tap (Lord Kelvin's).
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washerv.
/ˈwɒʃə/, U.S. /ˈwɔʃər/, /ˈwɑʃər/ transitive. To furnish with a washer.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > fasten [verb (transitive)] > with washer
washer1873
1873 E. S. Phelps Trotty's Wedding Tour 215 I must have the buggy washered.
1886 Sci. Amer. 11 Sept. 160/3 He washered the knobs of the doors that had a rattling play whenever handled.
Derivatives
ˈwashered adj.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [adjective] > nut > having a washer
washered1869
1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone III. xviii. 277 I had worked myself up..growing hot like an ill-washered wheel revolving, though I start with a cool axle.
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