washing bottle

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.The act of one who washes; the act of cleansing with water; ablution. [1913 Webster]

2.The clothes washed, esp. at one time; a wash. [1913 Webster]

3.(Mining) Gold dust procured by washing; also, a place where this is done; a washery. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

4.A thin covering or coat; as, a washing of silver. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

6.(Pottery) The covering of a piece with an infusible powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports, while receiving the glaze. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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. [1913 Webster]