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▪ I. backwash, n.|ˈbækwɒʃ|
[f. back adv.]
The motion of a receding wave; a backward current. Also transf. and fig.
1876M. E. Braddon J. Haggard's Dau. I. 23 Or else the backwash would draw him into its vortex. 1884Chr. World 9 Oct. 757/1 The tremendous backwash of popular enthusiasm. 1927R. H. Wilenski Mod. Movement in Art 116 The backwash of the French Impressionist technique of the 'seventies. 1955Sci. News Let. 26 Mar. 200/1 These air whirlpools are not caused by either the propeller backwash or jet stream.
▪ II. ˈbackwash, v.
[cf. prec. n.]
1. To affect with backwash (a boat e.g., with that from the oars of a boat in front).
1882Standard 16 Sept. 3/6 Backwashing both bow and stroke side of the Thames boat.
2. To clean the oil from wool after combing. Hence backwasher, backwashing vbl. n.
1775Ash, Backwashed, Cleaned from the oil after combing. 1882Standard 29 Dec. 2/2 A backwasher of Van mohair..The back-washing machine at which the back-washer mentioned above had worked. |