رحض

مِرْحَاضٌ ذ A piece of wood with which a garment, or piece of cloth, is beaten (S, A, * K) when it is washed. (S, A. *) ― -b2- A vessel of the kind called اـِجَّانَة, or of the kind called طَسْت, in which clothes are washed: (A:) and ↓ مِرْحَضَةٌ signifies a vessel of the kind called اـِجَّانَة; because clothes are washed in it. (Lh.) ― -b3- A place of washing: (Mgh, Msb:) or a place in which one washes himself. (S, K.) ― -b4- And hence, (tropical:) A privy: (S, * A, Mgh, Msb, K:) pl. مَرَاحِيضُ (S, Mgh) and مَرَاحِضُ. (TA.)