wasshynge
Middle English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwaʃinɡ(ə)/
Etymology 1
From Old English *wæsċing, equivalent to wasshen + -ing.
Alternative forms
- waschenge, wasching, waschynge, wassching, washing, washyng, wasschunge, wasschyng, wasshing, wasshinge, wasshyng, weschyng, weschynge, wesschinge, wesschunge
- (with wai-) waisching, wayschynge
Noun
wasshynge (plural wasshynges)
- The process of washing or cleaning:
- (medicine) The bathing of a wound.
- (figurative) Purification; spiritual cleansing.
- (rare) The debasement of coins by using acid to wear at the metal.
- Something used to wash or clean:
- The dilution of a substance with water.
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Old English *wasċende, equivalent to wasshen + -ing.
Alternative forms
- wassende, wasshing, wasschinge, wesschinge, wasschynge, waschyng, wasshyng, wassheyng, waisshynge
Verb
wasshynge
- present participle of wasshen
Descendants
- English: washing
- Middle Scots: waschand
- Scots: washin
References
- “washing(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.