LAUNDERS

Noun

launders

plural of launder

Verb

launders

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of launder

Anagrams

• lurdanes, rundales, userland

Source: Wiktionary


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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