Washer

1. n. Same as Washerwoman, 2.
2. n. One who, or that which, washes.
3. n. A ring of metal, leather, or other material, or a perforated plate, used for various purposes, as around a bolt or screw to form a seat for the head or nut, or around a wagon axle to prevent endwise motion of the hub of the wheel and relieve friction, or in a joint to form a packing, etc.
4. n. A fitting, usually having a plug, applied to a cistern, tub, sink, or the like, and forming the outlet opening.
5. n. The common raccoon.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.