Obs. [? f. WASH v.; perh. in part a corruption of WALSH a.] Washy, weak, tender.
1548. Udall, Erasm. Par. Luke xii. 49–53. It is no washe doctrine, ne worldely [Erasm. non est diluta, nec humana doctrina], that I haue brought down from heauen.
1607. Marston, What You Will, I. i. But how long doth this perfume of sweete Madam last? Faith tis but a wash sent.
a. 1616. Beaum. & Fl., Bonduca, IV. i. Their bodies of so weak and wash a temper, a rough-pac’d bed will shake ’em all to pieces.
1624. Fletcher, Rule a Wife, III. i. Tis a wash knave, he will not keep his flesh well.
1639. T. de Grey, Compl. Horsem., II. iii. (1656), 104. They are naturally slow, dull, heavy, and nesh or wash of their flesh.
