dishwatern.

Forms: see dish n. and water n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dish n., water n.

Etymology: < dish n. + water n. In sense 2 apparently an error for dishwasher n. (compare sense 3 at that entry).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdish-water.

1. The greasy water in which dishes have been washed. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > [noun] > dirty water

puddle watera1425

dishwater1484

swilling1545

puddle1555

dish-wash1592

coal water1670

bilge-water1706

bulge-water1736

dish-washings1771

kob water1930

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] > waste water > that has been used for washing

washingsc1330

washc1440

dishwater1484

dish-wash1592

rinsing1703

dish-washings1771

sindings1823

wash-water1853

bath-waste1936

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope v. xiii Dysshe water and alle other fylthe.

1587 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1878) ii. xx. i. 331 The verie dishwater is not without some use amongest our finest plants.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 409 Wash them with a little Beefe broath or dish water.

1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth III. 7 Arabian Tea, Is Dish-water stuff to a dish of new Whey.

1884 Harper's Mag. June 22/1 Sally shook the dish-water off her fingers.

figurative and in extended use.1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table in Atlantic Monthly Sept. 498/1 Flash phraseology..is..the dishwater from the washings of English dandyism.1887 Sanitary Era (N.Y.) 15 Nov. Rainwater, after all, is nature's dishwater, from washing the great bowl of the atmosphere.

2. = dishwasher n. 3 (for which it is apparently only an error). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Motacillidae > genus Motacilla > motacilla alba (pied wagtail)

washerc1325

washstarta1400

wevesterte14..

water swallow1544

dishwasher1575

water-wagtail1593

dishwater1674

seed bird1675

pied wagtail1744

willy wagtail1780

washerwoman1817

wash-dish1825

moll-washer1847

deviling1853

devil's bird1853

tinner1866

peggy1885

1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 100 The Troculus, Wagtail, or Dish-water.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Dish-Water [1715 Kersey, Dish-Washer], a Bird otherwise call'd Wag-tail.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	dishwater
释义	dishwatern. Forms: see dish n. and water n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dish n., water n. Etymology: < dish n. + water n. In sense 2 apparently an error for dishwasher n. (compare sense 3 at that entry).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdish-water. 1. The greasy water in which dishes have been washed. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > [noun] > dirty water puddle watera1425 dishwater1484 swilling1545 puddle1555 dish-wash1592 coal water1670 bilge-water1706 bulge-water1736 dish-washings1771 kob water1930 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] > waste water > that has been used for washing washingsc1330 washc1440 dishwater1484 dish-wash1592 rinsing1703 dish-washings1771 sindings1823 wash-water1853 bath-waste1936 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope v. xiii Dysshe water and alle other fylthe. 1587 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1878) ii. xx. i. 331 The verie dishwater is not without some use amongest our finest plants. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 409 Wash them with a little Beefe broath or dish water. 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth III. 7 Arabian Tea, Is Dish-water stuff to a dish of new Whey. 1884 Harper's Mag. June 22/1 Sally shook the dish-water off her fingers. figurative and in extended use.1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table in Atlantic Monthly Sept. 498/1 Flash phraseology..is..the dishwater from the washings of English dandyism.1887 Sanitary Era (N.Y.) 15 Nov. Rainwater, after all, is nature's dishwater, from washing the great bowl of the atmosphere. 2. = dishwasher n. 3 (for which it is apparently only an error). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Motacillidae > genus Motacilla > motacilla alba (pied wagtail) washerc1325 washstarta1400 wevesterte14.. water swallow1544 dishwasher1575 water-wagtail1593 dishwater1674 seed bird1675 pied wagtail1744 willy wagtail1780 washerwoman1817 wash-dish1825 moll-washer1847 deviling1853 devil's bird1853 tinner1866 peggy1885 1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 100 The Troculus, Wagtail, or Dish-water. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Dish-Water [1715 Kersey, Dish-Washer], a Bird otherwise call'd Wag-tail. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1484
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