LekhoriLekhoriThe action of the verb to wash
I then took a piece of dry stone, ground it fine in a mortar, and placed the powder in water, the sand particles sunk rapidly to the bottom, while the clay remained suspended, and by several washings and decantings the sand and clay could be approximately separated […]
Clothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry.
My mother used to do the washing on a Monday
The residue after an ore, etc, has been washed
The washings have a higher concentration of metal
present participle and gerund of wash
From Middle English waschynge, weschynge, from Old English *weasċing, *wæsċing (attested in weasċingweġ), from Proto-West Germanic *waskingu, equivalent to wash + -ing. Cognate with Saterland Frisian ...
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