What is to wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water called?
buck — To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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