Also 8 wodou, 9 wazzoo, wuzu. [Turkish wazū.] The minor ablution of the Mohammedans. Cf. ABDEST.
1794. P. Russell, A. Russell’s Hist. Aleppo, I. 194. The ordinary preparation for prayer, consists in washing the face, hands, and feet, and is termed Wodou.
1813. J. Forbes, Oriental Mem., III. 124. Ablutions, called the wazzoo, preparatory to the namauz, or prayer.
1836. Lane, Mod. Egypt., I. ii. 67. The father usually teaches his son to perform the woodoo’ and other ablutions.
1855. Burton, Meccah & Medinah (1879), 56. The first thing on rising is to perform the Wuzu, or lesser ablution.
