Reverse Dictionary: WASH

ADJECTIVES
1623 — ILLUTIBLE that cannot be washed away → obs.
1650 — ABLUTED washed away, washed clean → obs.
1839 — LAVATORIAL pert. to washing
1846 — LAVATORY pert. to washing
1864 — ABLUTIONARY pert. to washing the body, or parts of it

NOUNS
1375 — LAVATORY a vessel for washing; a bath
1377 — LAVENDRY the act or process of washing → obs.
1386 — LAVER a vessel, basin, or cistern for washing; in early use, chiefly a wash-hand-basin or a water-jug, usually of metal; occasionally, a pan or bowl for water, irrespective of its purpose → poetic or rhetorical usage
1490 — LAVATORY a lotion, a wash → obs.
1530 — LAUNDRY the act of process of washing → obs.
1535 — LAVATUR a vessel for washing; a bath → Sc. obs.
1597 — LAVAMENT a washing → obs.
1601 — LAVATURE a lotion, a wash → obs.
1620 — LAVATORY the act of washing
1624 — SWILL a washing tub → obs.
1627 — LAVATION the act of washing
1633 — MUNDATION a cleansing or washing something; a being cleansed → obs.
1650 — LAVEMENT the act of washing, or cleansing
1703 — NET a wash or rinse → Eng. dial.
1741 — SOUSE n. a wash → Eng. dial.
1748 — ABLUTION the act of washing clean; the washing or cleansing of one’s person
1825 — DAIBLE a slight washing → Sc.
1826 — LUSTRATION washing → chiefly jocular usage
.M19 — LICK AND A PROMISE a quick, if not well-performed, piece of work; orig. said of a hasty wash → sl.
1865 — LAVE the act of laving, wash
1888 — ABLUVION that which is washed away → obs. (Bk.)
1892 — CAT-LICK a hasty, indifferent washing → Eng. dial.
1898 — CAT-WASH a hasty, indifferent washing → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — DAR a small, hasty wash → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — FACE BOWL a small bowl in which to wash the face → African-American sl.
1904 — SCOTCH LICK a very slight wash of the face or hands → N. Ireland (Bk.)
1949 — WHORE BATH — WHORE’S BATH an impromptu and quick cleaning of the body at a sink, with special attention to cleaning the genitals → US sl.
1949 — WHORE SPLASH an impromptu and quick cleaning of the body at a sink, with special attention to cleaning the genitals → US sl.
1950 — JAYBIRD BATH a wash confined to parts of the body that show, usually the face and hands → Amer. dial.
1970 — WARM UP a wash before intercourse → sl.
1980 — SOLDIER’S WASH a method or act of washing in which cupped hands are used instead of a facecloth → UK sl.
1991 — ABLUTOMANIA an abnormal desire to wash, especially the hands (Bk.)
1992 — LEMON SQUASH a wash → UK rhyming sl.
1996 — APC a quick wash (Arm Pits and Crotch) → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
2000 — POLISH SHOWER a cursory wash or the application of deodorant to unwashed armpits → sl.

NOUNS, PERSON
1623 — LAVATRIX a woman who washes → obs.

VERBS
1000 — LAVE to wash, to bathe → chiefly poetic usage
1300 — BELAVE to wash all over → obs.
1350 — SIND to rinse; to wash out or down → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1398 — BAIN to bathe or wash; to drench → obs.
1547 — LOTE to wash, to cleanse, to purify → obs.
.M16 — LAGE to wash down or off with water → sl.
1560 — LAG OFF to wash → cant
1599 — ELAVATE to wash clean → obs.
1703 — ABLUTE to wash oneself or a part of the body → colloq.
1703 — NET to wash or rinse out in clean water → Eng. dial.
..19C — BOUNDER to scrub or wash thoroughly → US sl.
1825 — DAIBLE to wash perfunctorily → Sc.
1840 — TOILET to wash and attire oneself; to dress, to attire
1845 — SOZZLE to splash; to wash by splashing → US
1843 — DOUCHE to wash oneself; to shower → obs.
1860 — DAB OUT to do the laundry; to wash → lower classes’ usage
1880 — LAUNDRY to launder → Amer. dial.
1895 — BOUNDER to scrub or wash the body thoroughly → Amer. dial.
..L19 — LAMBETH to wash → sl.
1899 — NALKEN to wash → tinkers’ usage
1910 — DAFF to wash → taxi-drivers’ sl.
1919 — BOIL UP to wash one’s clothes or oneself → Amer. dial.
1938 — DABBLE to wash or rinse quickly → Amer. dial.
1942 — SOUSE to wash → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1949 — BATTLE to wash thoroughly → Amer. dial.
1949 — BUCK to wash something → Amer. dial.
1992 — SLOOSH to wash in a hurry and in a perfunctory fashion → Norfolk Island