Meaning of hand-wash | Babel Free

Examples

“E.C.—Have you tried any remedies for the Goldfinch “stuck in the moult”? A very good one is to give a hand-wash in water considerably hotter than is used in the ordinary way, and not to afterward use cold water for rinsing purposes (it can be given without soap, if you like).”

“After the colors are set, a result of the first cleaning, then you should be able to do a hand-wash. I have hand-washed my wool scarves, but you MUST be very careful.”

“The most challenging thing I’ve worked on is what I did last week: I worked on Arwen’s wall hanging for her bedroom at Rivendell. That was big! It was huge and it utilized a really fine piece of fabric. It was 2 meters wide by 1.8 meters high. It was made of silk, which I had to do a hand-wash on.”

“hand washing: If you’re at all concerned about the sturdiness of your embroidered textile, do a hand-wash in a clean basin with lukewarm water and a fabric-friendly soap (see Resources, page 149).”

“She slid into her pants, tossed her underwear aside — they had only the clothes that they’d worn yesterday and would have to do a hand-wash soon — and pulled her tank top over her head.”

“Let no one eat from the same dish with any one else, let none overfeed himself and walk out after dinner without a hand-wash.”

“Nurses are required to wash their hands in various ways during a dressing; three hand-washes are not uncommon. Yet if the nurse’s hands are not to come into contact with the wound, is all this hand-washing really necessary?”

“Refreshing face- and hand-washes are great ways to start or end each day. Every few days or so, the rest of your body will need some scrubbing, too.”

“Towelettes and waterless hand-washes are great items to carry with you for preventing the spread of infectious germs.”

“In the corner of the cluttered room were some of the items we had brought, baby clothes, some of the bottles of hand-wash and lots more. […] Nic, who had bought extra bottles of hand-wash for me to take was about to go on annual leave herself and was spending all day Monday showing the ropes to an agency temp, also called Nic.”

“Scientists are investigating the best hand-wash to use in a hospital. Your task is to do an investigation to compare the effect of antiseptic-based hand-washes and soap-based hand-washes on the growth of bacterial colonies. […] A group of students, Study Group 1 , investigated how effective two different hand-washes were in killing bacteria. They decided to place a drop of each hand-wash onto an agar plate and measured the radius of the clear zone that appeared.”

“Wet-wipes and antibacterial no-water gel hand-washes are the archaeologist’s friend on site.”

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