Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WASH, v.i.

1. To perform the act of ablution. Wash in Jordan seven times. 2 Kings v.
2. To perform the business of cleansing clothes in water. She can wash and scour. – Shak. To wash off, in calico-printing, to soak and rinse printed calicoes, to dissolve and remove the gum and paste. – Cyc.