Which preposition to use with washing

in Occurrences 147%

Take five quarts of new milk, run it to a tender curd, then hang it in a cloth to drain, rub into them a pound of butter that is well washed in rose-water, put to it the yolks of seven or eight eggs, and two of the whites; season it with cinnamon, nutmeg and sugar.

of Occurrences 108%

Then they clinched, and in a moment were rolling over and over just beyond the wash of the surf.

of Occurrences 102%

There are many things, such as the collecting of garbage, the washing of the dead poor, the cleaning of cesspools, the butchery of cattle for the market, and the execution of capital criminals, which can scarcely be called pleasant to do, and must yet be done.

with Occurrences 86%

The path of the vanished glacier was warm now, and shone in many places as if washed with silver.

from Occurrences 50%

In the Newfoundland fishery they are taken out previous to incipient putrefaction, washed from their slime and salted for exportation.

for Occurrences 46%

Mr. Coxwell began to think they might be getting too near the Wash for safety, and they therefore came down quickly, and reached the earth with such force that the scientific instruments were nearly all broken.

over Occurrences 32%

But the British tars stuck to their guns and they continued to hurl shells into the German line until the water of the North Sea washed over them.

in Occurrences 31%

When, one summer, July came in like desert wind, West Cabanne Terrace and that part of residential St. Louis that is set back in carefully conserved, grove-like lawns did not sip its iced limeades with any the less refreshment because, down-town at the intersection of Broadway and West Street, a woman trundling a bundle of washing in an old perambulator suddenly keeled of heat, saliva running from her mouth-corners.

out Occurrences 30%

In a few minutes the cloud withers to a mesh of dim filaments and disappears, leaving the sky perfectly clear and bright, every dust-particle wiped and washed out of it.

at Occurrences 29%

* THE WOMAN AND THE FAIRY A woman who was named Omm Halima went one day to the stream to wash at the old spring.

on Occurrences 28%

Forward of this, the water rolled about, washing on board and pouring out.

into Occurrences 24%

I remember, too, in that same season of storms, a lake made milky white for days, and crowded out of its bed by clay washed into it by a fury of rain, with the trout floating in it belly up, stunned by the shock of the sudden flood.

to Occurrences 14%

Roman Porchester was just what mediaeval Porchester was, a great fortress, not a "city," nor a village, but a port similar to the others that lined the Saxon shore from the Wash to Beachey Head.

before Occurrences 14%

Should be well soaked in salt and water, and thoroughly washed before dressing them.

for Occurrences 10%

The arrived man from that celestial part of the world, who is now so industriously engaged washing for us in New Jersey, and again, making our shoes in Massachusetts, and who proposes to be our dairymaid, our chambermaid, our barmaid, and, if BARNUM will go into the humbug business again, our mermaid, brought the queue on the back of his head when he crossed the Pacific Ocean, and landed on the coast of California.

at Occurrences 7%

Kurt stepped outside to find Jerry washing at the bench.

by Occurrences 6%

Would they go washing by the mission in the great spring flood, that all men spoke of with the same grave look?

by Occurrences 5%

The coat of mud thus put on by bulls is usually permitted by them to dry, and is not finally got rid of until long after, when oft-repeated rollings on the grass and washings by rain at length clear it away.

about Occurrences 5%

On examining their cavities he will find them to be simply hollow casts of innumerable joints of Crinoids, so exquisitely preserved, even to their most delicate markings, that it is plain they were never washed about upon a beach, but have grown where, or nearly where, they lie.

on Occurrences 5%

No trees, no flowers, no curtains, no washing on the lineI could tell there was no woman around."

from Occurrences 5%

For lo, a river, streaming joy, With purling murmur safely slides, That city washing from annoy, In holy shrine where God resides.

against Occurrences 4%

The use of the spaddle is to stir up and remove from the sides of the freezing pot the cream, which in the shaking may have washed against it, and by stirring it in with the rest, to prevent waste of it occurring.

like Occurrences 4%

One day when Lil-lie saw her cat Sit down and lick a kit-ten's face; "No, puss," said she, "don't wash like that My bath will be the pro-per place.

across Occurrences 4%

The comparative darkness washed across his eyes in a pleasant wave and he was now able to distinguish a few things in the room.

down Occurrences 4%

In fact, he had known all the hay crop and the most part of the young turnips washed down the valley.

Which preposition to use with  washing