Hypertext Webster Gateway: "backwash"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Backwash \Back"wash`\, v. i.
To clean the oil from (wood) after combing.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
backwash
n 1: the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft
propeller [syn: {slipstream}, {airstream}, {race}, {wash}]
2: the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic
event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the
accident no one knew how many had been injured" [syn: {aftermath},
{wake}]
3: the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward;
"the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe" [syn: {wake}]
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