Citations:wash-ball


 * 1)  A ball or cake of substance used for bathing or personal cleansing, or to produce a lather for shaving; a ball of soap.
 * 2) * 1786, "Mr. Town" ( and ), The Connoisseur, 70439968, published in Harrison's British Classicks. Vol. VI. Containing The Connoisseur, The Citizen of the World, and The Babler, volume VI, London: Printed for Harrison and Co.,  83276367, page 121:
 * Would you think it, Sir? though this houſe had a family in it, and a family of females too, not a drop of Benjamin-waſh, nor a duſt of almond-powder, could be procured there, nor indeed in all the pariſh; and I was forced to ſcrub my hands with filthy waſh-ball, which ſo ruined their complexion, that laying in dog-ſkin gloves will not recover them this fortnight.
 * 1) * 1805,, The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy: Excelling Anything of the Kind ever yet Published [...] Also, the Order of a Bill of Fare for each Month, in the Manner the Dishes are to Placed upon the Table, in the Present Taste, 1st American edition, Alexandria, Va.: Printed by Cottom and Stewart, and sold at their Bookstores, 15445638; reprinted with historical notes by , Bedford, Mass.: , 1997, 978-1-55709-462-9, page 306:
 * To make Red, Light, or Purple Wash-Balls. Get some white-soap, beat it in a mortar; then put it into a pan, and cover it down close; make them very round, and put them into a band-box or a sieve two or three days; then scrape them a little with a wash-ball scraper (which are made for that purpose,) and let them lie eight or nine days; afterwards scrape them very smooth and to your mind.
 * Would you think it, Sir? though this houſe had a family in it, and a family of females too, not a drop of Benjamin-waſh, nor a duſt of almond-powder, could be procured there, nor indeed in all the pariſh; and I was forced to ſcrub my hands with filthy waſh-ball, which ſo ruined their complexion, that laying in dog-ſkin gloves will not recover them this fortnight.
 * 1) * 1805,, The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy: Excelling Anything of the Kind ever yet Published [...] Also, the Order of a Bill of Fare for each Month, in the Manner the Dishes are to Placed upon the Table, in the Present Taste, 1st American edition, Alexandria, Va.: Printed by Cottom and Stewart, and sold at their Bookstores, 15445638; reprinted with historical notes by , Bedford, Mass.: , 1997, 978-1-55709-462-9, page 306:
 * To make Red, Light, or Purple Wash-Balls. Get some white-soap, beat it in a mortar; then put it into a pan, and cover it down close; make them very round, and put them into a band-box or a sieve two or three days; then scrape them a little with a wash-ball scraper (which are made for that purpose,) and let them lie eight or nine days; afterwards scrape them very smooth and to your mind.
 * To make Red, Light, or Purple Wash-Balls. Get some white-soap, beat it in a mortar; then put it into a pan, and cover it down close; make them very round, and put them into a band-box or a sieve two or three days; then scrape them a little with a wash-ball scraper (which are made for that purpose,) and let them lie eight or nine days; afterwards scrape them very smooth and to your mind.