washing fluid

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washing fluid - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Washing \Wash"ing\, n.
     1. The act of one who washes; the act of cleansing with
        water; ablution.
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     2. The clothes washed, esp. at one time; a wash.
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     3. (Mining) Gold dust procured by washing; also, a place
        where this is done; a washery.
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     4. A thin covering or coat; as, a washing of silver.
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     5. (Stock Exchanges) The operation of simultaneously buying
        and selling the same stock for the purpose of manipulating
        the market. The transaction is fictitious, and is
        prohibited by stock-exchange rules.
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     6. (Pottery) The covering of a piece with an infusible
        powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports,
        while receiving the glaze.
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     Washing bear (Zool.), the raccoon.
  
     Washing bottle (Chem.), a bottle fitted with glass tubes
        passing through the cork, so that on blowing into one of
        the tubes a stream of water issuing from the other may be
        directed upon anything to be washed or rinsed, as a
        precipitate upon a filter, etc.
  
     Washing fluid, a liquid used as a cleanser, and consisting
        usually of alkaline salts resembling soaps in their
        action.
  
     Washing machine, a machine for washing; specifically, a
        machine for washing clothes.
  
     Washing soda. (Chem.) See Sodium carbonate, under
        Sodium.
  
     Washing stuff, any earthy deposit containing gold enough to
        pay for washing it; -- so called among gold miners.
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