wash-troughn.
/ˈwɒʃtrɒf/, U.S. /ˈwɔʃˌtrɔf/, /ˈwɑʃˌtrɑf/ 1. Mining. A trough in which ore is washed.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for treating ores > [noun] > for washing ore > pit or trough
washing-trough1557
wash-trough1557
launder1671
strake1758
riffler1839
trough1877
1557 in Pettus Fodinæ Regales (1670) 95 Also that no Purchasors shall let or stop any Miners from any Wash-trough at any time.
1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 379 The first sort is reserved for use; the second, or middling sort is again put into the stamping-mill, and afterwards into the wash-trough, where the parts that contain no cinnabar float in the water.
2. A trough used for washing the hands and face.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > washing the hands > vessel for washing the hands (and face)
washela1375
laverc1394
washing-bowl1530
washpot1535
washing-basin1538
cistern1577
lavacre1657
lavatorya1676
chillumchee1715
wash-hand basin1760
wash-dish1805
washbasin1812
wash-bowl1816
chamber set1824
toilet bowl1850
wash-pan1851
lavatory basin1854
wash sink1857
lavatory bowl1872
wash-trough1902
pedestal basin1967
pedestal washbasin1967
vanity basin1972
w.h.b.1975
1902 O. Wister Virginian ii. 16 It was not much of a toilet that I made in the first wash-trough of my experience, but it had to suffice.
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