[f. WASH v.]

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  1.  A wash-hand stand.

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1839.  Ure, Dict. Arts, 1149. Such soap is exceedingly pleasant at the wash-stand.

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1844.  T. Webster, Encycl. Dom. Econ., 276. A wash stand, to be complete, should have, besides the basin and ewer, a carafe for spring water, vessel for hot water, soap tray, several glasses, [etc.].

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1847.  C. Brontë, Jane Eyre, iv. She hauled me to the washstand, inflicted a merciless, but happily brief, scrub on my face and hands with soap, water, and a coarse towel.

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1898.  G. B. Shaw, Plays, II. Arms & Man, 3. The washstand … consists of an enamelled iron basin with a pail beneath it in a painted metal frame, and a single towel on the rail at the side.

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  attrib.  1902.  Mabel Barnes-Grundy, Thames Camp, 196. I have made four fascinating washstand mats.

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  2.  U.S. (See quot.)

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1911.  Webster, Wash stand, in stables, a place in the floor prepared so that carriages may be washed there and the water run off. Cant.

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