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Webster 1913 Edition


Launder

Laun′der

(la̤n′dẽr or län′dẽr)
,
Noun.
[Contracted fr. OE.
lavender
, F.
lavandière
, LL.
lavandena
, from L.
lavare
to wash. See
Lave
.]
1.
A washerwoman.
[Obs.]
2.
(Mining)
A trough used by miners to receive the powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus, for comminuting, or sorting, the ore.

Laun′der

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Laundered
(la̤n′dẽrd or län′dẽrd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Laundering
.]
1.
To wash, as clothes; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron;
as, to
launder
shirts
.
2.
To lave; to wet.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Launder

LAUNDER

,
Noun.
l'ander. [from L. lavo, to wash.]
A washer-woman; also, a long and hollow trough, used by miners to receive the powdered ore from the box where it is beaten.

LAUNDER

,
Verb.
T.
l'ander. To wash; to wet.

Definition 2024


launder

launder

English

Noun

launder (plural launders)

  1. (obsolete) A washerwoman.
  2. (mining) A trough used by miners to receive powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus for comminuting (sorting) the ore.
  3. A gutter (for rainwater)

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Verb

launder (third-person singular simple present launders, present participle laundering, simple past and past participle laundered)

  1. To wash; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron.
  2. (obsolete) To lave; to wet.
  3. (money) To disguise the source of (ill-gotten wealth) by various means.

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