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washy


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Washy  \Wash"y\,  a.  [From  {Wash}.] 
  1.  Watery;  damp;  soft.  ``Washy  ooze.''  --Milton. 
 
  2.  Lacking  substance  or  strength;  weak;  thin;  dilute;  feeble; 
  as  washy  tea;  washy  resolutions. 
 
  A  polish  .  .  .  not  over  thin  and  washy.  --Sir  H. 
  Wotton. 
 
  3.  Not  firm  or  hardy;  liable  to  sweat  profusely  with  labor; 
  as  a  washy  horse.  [Local,  U.  S.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  washy 
  adj  1:  lacking  strength  or  vigor;  "a  washy  handshake";  "washy 
  prose" 
  2:  overly  diluted;  thin  and  insipid;  "washy  coffee";  "watery 
  milk";  "weak  tea"  [syn:  {watery},  {weak}] 
  3:  having  lost  freshness  or  brilliance  of  color;  "sun-bleached 
  deck  chairs";  "faded  jeans";  "a  very  pale  washed-out 
  blue";  "washy  colors"  [syn:  {bleached},  {faded},  {washed-out}] 




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