Wash-ball
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈwɒʃˌbɔːl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Wash-ball is a noun meaning (archaic) A ball or cake of substance used for bathing or personal cleansing, or to produce a lather for shaving; a ball of soap.
Meaning
(archaic) A ball or cake of substance used for bathing or personal cleansing, or to produce a lather for shaving; a ball of soap.
Example Sentences
Magmata, um. The dregs of ointment, waſh-balls.
[…] I don't trouble myself with clothes, linen, and other useless baggage; but resolving to have nothing superfluous, fill my knapsack with belly-timber, my razors, and a wash-ball.
My Husband is a Barbar / His Washbals are admir'd, / And I have got a Bason. / Where he Ladders whilst he's tyr'd: / Thus a Youthful Bedfellow vigorous and strong, / Has made an old Woman grow young.
But that I know how I am perſecuted, I ſhould have ſworn this was my very Neighbour, that oft with Razor keen and lathering Waſh-ball mow'd the rough Stubble from my dented Chin, and ſnapp'd his fingers with acute Agility.
Word Forms
- wash-balls
- washball
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include washball, washcloth, washboard, washtub, ball, wineball.
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