Washings

noun
1.
the act of a person or thing that washes; ablution.
2.
clothes, linens, etc., washed or to be washed, especially those washed at one time; wash.
3.
Often, washings. any liquid that has been used to wash something.
4.
matter removed or carried off in washing something or by the force of water:
The washings from numerous spring floods had clogged the mouth of the river.
5.
Mining.

material, as gold dust, obtained by washing earth, gravel, etc.
the deposits so washed.

6.
Metalworking. wash (def 45).
7.
the act of making a wash sale.
noun
1.
articles that have been or are to be washed together on a single occasion
2.
liquid in which an article has been washed
3.
something, such as gold dust or metal ore, that has been obtained by washing
4.
a thin coat of something applied in liquid form
washed out

(Mark 7:1-9). The Jews, like other Orientals, used their fingers when taking food, and therefore washed their hands before doing so, for the sake of cleanliness. Here the reference is to the ablutions prescribed by tradition, according to which “the disciples ought to have gone down to the side of the lake, washed their hands thoroughly, ‘rubbing the fist of one hand in the hollow of the other, then placed the ten finger-tips together, holding the hands up, so that any surplus water might flow down to the elbow, and thence to the ground.'” To neglect to do this had come to be regarded as a great sin, a sin equal to the breach of any of the ten commandments. Moses had commanded washings oft, but always for some definite cause; but the Jews multiplied the legal observance till they formed a large body of precepts. To such precepts about ceremonial washing Mark here refers. (See ABLUTION.)