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This is a list of cleaning products and agents. Cleaning agents are substances (usually liquids, powders, sprays, or granules) used to remove dirt, including dust, stains, bad smells, and clutter on surfaces. Purposes of cleaning agents include health, beauty, removing offensive odor, and avoiding the spread of dirt and contaminants to oneself ...
Washed Out, the stage name of chillwave musician Ernest Greene; The well drilling process for enlarging a drill hole in an oil well; A term for a sporting event cancelled due to rain; see Rainout (sports) An alternate name for a run-in period, a common phase in clinical research; Radiocontrast washout, where radiocontrast disappears from a tissue
Woman on an Israeli kibbutz using a washboard to do laundry. A washboard or a scrubbing-board [1] is a tool designed for hand washing clothing. With mechanized cleaning of clothing becoming more common by the end of the 20th century, the washboard has become better known for its secondary use as a musical instrument.
lay out 1. Defeat or overcome i.e. to lay out someone [287] 2. Knock someone out in a fight [287] 3. Kill someone [287] lead Term used for bullets e.g. Fill ya full of lead [288] lead cocktail. Main article: bullet. To be shot; Bullets, specifically when embedded in the victim's body; also poisoning [288] lead poisoning. Main article: Bullet
Bleaching is an oxidation reaction which turns the colored substance into a colorless one, which either stays on the fabric or may be easier to wash out. Soils difficult to remove are pigments and dyes, fats, resins, tar, waxes, and denatured protein. [4]
[2] [3] Ancient Greeks and Romans also used sea sponges tied to sticks for anal hygiene, a tool known as the xylospongium, and washed them with sea water. [4] Ancient Romans used sea sponges extensively for hygiene, as well as other uses. The belief that sponges had therapeutic properties led to their usage in medicine for cleaning wounds and ...
It was used to beat the wet clothes and linens, pushing out the dirt by hammering the items against the washboard, or against the flat slabs built into the laundry area. This was usually done at home or in the public wash-house . In the latter case, each woman had to carry with her the washboard and the washing paddle.