[f. WASH v.] Water that has been used for washing.
1853. Hickie, trans. Aristoph., I. 25. Those who pour out their dirty wash-water of an evening.
1856. G. Gore, Pract. Chem., in Orr’s Circ. Sci., 73. The wash-waters should not be thrown away without first being tested for gold.
1877. Raymond, Statist. Mines & Mining, 401. The evaporation of the excess of liquid derived from the wash-waters.
1892. Photogr. Ann., II. 69. No trace of bromide could be found in the wash water.
1900. Jrnl. Soc. of Dyers, XVI. 12. When, however, wash waters accumulate.
