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Definition of Handwash
1. Verb. Wash or launder by hand instead of with a machine. "They handwash the cape "; "This delicate sweater must be handwashed"
Definition of Handwash
1. Noun. A liquid soap for washing the hands. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Handwash
Literary usage of Handwash
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Women's Health and Aging Study: Health and Social Characteristics of edited by Jack M. Guralnik, Linda P. Fried, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Judith D. Kasper, Mary E. Lafferty (1996)
"... level 3 (3 to 5 METs): strip and make a bed, mop floors, handwash clothes,
walk 2.5 mph, bowl; level 4 (4.5 to 5.2 METs): walk down a flight of stairs; ..."
2. The Achehnese by Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, Richard James Wilkinson (1906)
"The welcoming (sapa) of these guests is attended with a certain Feast and "handwash-
amount of ceremony, but is by no means so tediously protracted as ¡ng". ..."
3. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1912)
"As running water is a hopelessly inefficient method a further handwash may be
given with advantage. Drying off should be done in a room free from any ..."
4. A Text-book of Obstetrics by John Clarence Webster (1901)
"... similar observations about the same time in Edinburgh, and for several years
had used cyanid of potassium as a handwash before attending women in labor. ..."
5. Our Domestic Animals in Health and Disease by John Gamgee (1863)
"These two handwash the fleece as well as they can, and force the sheep on to the
next two men, who, in their turn, deliver it to another assistant, ..."
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