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Entry 5 senses Webster, 1913

Washer

/wäsh'-ẽr/ · Wash·er · IPA /ˈwɑʃɚ/
01 n. One who, or that which, washes.
  1. 1.
    One who, or that which, washes.
  2. 2.
    A ring of metal, leather, or other material, or a perforated plate, used for various purposes, as around a bolt or screw to form a seat for the head or nut, or around a wagon axle to prevent endwise motion of the hub of the wheel and relieve friction, or in a joint to form a packing, etc.
  3. 3.
    A fitting, usually having a plug, applied to a cistern, tub, sink, or the like, and forming the outlet opening.(Plumbing)
  4. 4.
    The common raccoon.(Zool.)
  5. 5.
    Same as Washerwoman, 2.(Zool.) [Prov. Eng.] See: Washerwoman