But the young lady did not stop there—her companion's skill as a washer was questioned.
The cover (B) is then put in place, and rests on the washer (A) as shown.
The drill is then used as before to release the grip of the washer.
Get thee gone, thou turner of spits and washer of greasy dishes!'
The woman is 22 years old, of good character, a good cook and washer.
Just at this bend raise a burr with a sharp chisel to keep the washer on.
Slip a washer on the other end and put the end of the rod through the 3/16-in.
Mother Wolf had such confidence in washer that she did not doubt his word.
Her eyes flashed, and washer knew that she was prepared to fight for him.
When he finally left her, she walked into the cave with washer by her side.
"flat ring for sealing joints or holding nuts," mid-14c., generally considered an agent noun of wash (v.), but the sense connection is difficult, and the noun may derive instead from the ancestor of French vis "screw, vise."
late Old English wæsc "act of washing" (see wash (v.)). Meaning "clothes set aside to be washed" is attested from 1789; meaning "thin coat of paint" is recorded from 1690s; sense of "land alternately covered and exposed by the sea" is recorded from mid-15c.
Old English wascan, wæscan, from Proto-Germanic *watskanan (cf. Old Norse vaska, Middle Dutch wasscen, Dutch wassen, German waschen), from stem *wat-, the source of water. Related: Washed; washing. Used mainly of clothes in Old English (the principal verb for washing the body, dishes, etc. being þwean). Washed-out "faded" is from 1837. Washed up is 1923 theater slang, from notion of washing up at the end of a job.
wash (wŏsh)
v. washed, wash·ing, wash·es
To cleanse, using water or other liquid, usually with soap, detergent, or bleach, by immersing, dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing.
To make moist or wet.
The act or process of cleansing or washing.
A solution used to cleanse or bathe a part.
noun
verb
To prove acceptable; bear testing •Usually in the negative: Well, it just won't wash/ The stereotype of gay males as child molesters just doesn't wash any more/ That washes. I'll buy it (1849+)
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[verb sense said to be fr a defective printed calico that could not be washed; third noun sense perhaps fr the notion that equal opposing elements wash each other out or away, or wipe the slate clean]