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washer 1. a flat ring or drilled disc of metal used under the head of a bolt or nut to spread the load when tightened 2. any flat ring of rubber, felt, metal, etc., used to provide a seal under a nut or in a tap or valve seat 3. See washing machine 4. Chemical engineering a device for cleaning or washing gases or vapours; scrubber 5. Austral a face cloth; flannel washer [′wäsh·ər] (design engineering) A flattened, ring-shaped device used to improve the tightness of a screw fastener. (engineering) A device for removing dirt and soluble impurities from pulp and paper stock. A system for washing photographic materials to remove soluble products of developing or fixing. A power-driven machine for washing clothes and household linens. Also known as washing machine. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| For five years she scrubbed the floors in an office building and then got a place as dish washer in a restaurant. And I, the long time intimate of John Barleycorn, knew just what he promised me--maggots of fancy, dreams of power, forgetfulness, anything and everything save whirling washers, revolving mangles, humming centrifugal wringers, and fancy starch and interminable processions of duck trousers moving in steam under my flying iron. 27 Porters 3 Coarse Washers and Ironers 44 Mules 1 Fine ditto 44 Muleteers 7 Cows 2 Milkers |
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