LAUNDERINGS

Noun

launderings

plural of laundering

Source: Wiktionary


LAUNDERING

Laun"der*ing, n.

Definition: The act, or occupation, of one who launders; washing and ironing.

LAUNDER

Laun"der, n. Etym: [Contracted fr. OE. lavender, F. lavandière, LL. lavandena, from L. lavare to wash. See Lave.]

1. A washerwoman. [Obs.]

2. (Mining)

Definition: A trough used by miners to receive the powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus, for comminuting, or sorting, the ore.

Laun"der, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Laundered; p. pr. & vb. n. Laundering.]

1. To wash, as clothes; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron; as, to launder shirts.

2. To lave; to wet. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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