1879 G. F. Jackson Buch-wesh or weshin', a large wash of heavy, coarse linen..In the buck-wesh no soap was used, but the linen was boiled in the buck-lee. It was then carried to a neighbouring stream or spring, and laid upon a smooth stone or a block..there the linen was beaten with a ‘bat~staff’, after which it was well ‘swilled’ in the pure water.