washen

1. alternativearchaicparticiplepastalternative past participle of wash.

   a. 1653, Hugh Binning, a sermon Are ye made clean and washen from the guilt of your sins?

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   I've had my chance of common life, city and town, and the company of ladies with broidery and camisole and washen faces

   1898, John Splendid, The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn

   Her spirit was the spirit of love, forgiving as she hoped to be forgiven,—her sins, which, had it not been said of man, "not one is perfect," we should have looked upon as of no deeper stains than are of the newly washen lambs, gambolling in fresh pastures of innocence.

   1859, Ferna Vale, Natalie; or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds

comparative more washen · superlative most washen

1. archaicclean

   He becomes washen by washing away evil and wrong states.

   1926, Sir Robert Chalmers, “Further dialogues of the Buddha”, in Bibliotheca Indo-Buddhica, volume 1, numbers 44-45

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   Morag put on a second petticoat of exactly the same material and shape, except that its colour was a dull red. Now she would be ready in a minute, thought Kirsty. Morag put on a third petticoat, of a more washen red than the second, but this one would not fix without its safety-pin.

   1975, Neil Miller Gunn, Morning tide