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- noun Plural form of
by-wash .
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Examples
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Times are changing; but still the mouths of smaller creeks are sometimes dammed, save for certain sluices and by-washes where puzzling pockets are set.
Tropic Days 2003
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Sometimes these traps were weirs or by-washes, made of long lateral tanks of wicker-work.
Mrs. Falchion, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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Sometimes these traps were weirs or by-washes, made of long lateral tanks of wicker-work.
Mrs. Falchion, Volume 2. Gilbert Parker 1897
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Sometimes these traps were weirs or by-washes, made of long lateral tanks of wicker-work.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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Times are changing; but still the mouths of smaller creeks are sometimes dammed, save for certain sluices and by-washes where puzzling pockets are set.
Tropic Days 1887
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