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Definition of Hand-wash
1. Verb. Wash or launder by hand instead of with a machine. "They hand-wash the cape "; "This delicate sweater must be handwashed"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hand-wash
Literary usage of Hand-wash
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bleaching and Related Processes as Applied to Textile Fibers and Other Materials by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1921)
"(3) Sour with hydrochloric acid 5 liters per 1000 of water; temperature 80°
F.; hand-wash, and squeeze. (4) Second lye boil, same as first; wash in kier, ..."
2. The Women's Health and Aging Study: Health and Social Characteristics of ...edited by Jack M. Guralnik, Linda P. Fried, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Judith D. Kasper, Mary E. Lafferty edited by Jack M. Guralnik, Linda P. Fried, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Judith D. Kasper, Mary E. Lafferty (1996)
"Can you hand wash clothes, with or without symptoms? ... When you (try to) hand
wash clothes, do you get chest pain? YES 1 NO 2 REFUSED -7 DON'T KNOW -8 ..."
3. HIV Risk Exposure Among Young Children: A Study of 2-9 Year Olds Served by by Olive Shisana (2005)
"Observation of unit: It was observed that there was at least one hand wash-basin
provided per unit or dental work area in 91.7% of cases. ..."
4. Eternally Yours: Time in Design by Ed van Hinte (2004)
"Underwear (basic) Sarah's underwear: Bra £19, Made in Italy, 100% nylon, hand
wash 30 degrees. Knickers £8, Elle McPherson Intimates, 95% nylon, ..."
5. Rural Affairs by John Jacob Thomas (1869)
"Cut the cucumbers from the vine by means of scissors or a knife, so as not to
tear the end, as would Be the case if merely plucked by hand. Wash them in ..."
6. The Illustrated Annual Register of Rural Affairs and Cultivator Almanac for by John Jacob Thomas (1867)
"Wash them in cold water, and then merely plucked by hand. Wash them in cold water,
and then lay them in the bottom of a barrel or jar, into which a layer of ..."
7. Progress and Achievements of the Colored People: Containing the Story of the by Kelly Miller, Joseph R. Gay (1917)
"The propensity for making one hand wash the other is more apparent in commercial
and trade transactions than in any other. It is in these occupations that ..."
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