backwash : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: backwash	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for backwash
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
backwash n the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller Synonym(s): slipstream, airstream, race, backwash, wash 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" Synonym(s): aftermath, wake, backwash the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward; "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe" Synonym(s): wake, backwash
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Backwash \Back"wash`\, v. i. To clean the oil from (wood) after combing.