Wash ball, a ball of soap to be used in washing the hands or face.
Swift. — Wash barrel (Fisheries), a barrel nearly full of split
mackerel, loosely put in, and afterward filled with salt water in order
to soak the blood from the fish before salting. — Wash bottle. (Chem.)
(a) A bottle partially filled with some liquid through which gases are
passed for the purpose of purifying them, especially by removing
soluble constituents. (b) A washing bottle. See under Washing. — Wash
gilding. See Water gilding. — Wash leather, split sheepskin dressed
with oil, in imitation of chamois, or shammy, and used for dusting,
cleaning glass or plate, etc.; also, alumed, or buff, leather for
soldiers' belts.