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out⋅wash

  [out-wosh, -wawsh]
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–noun Geology.
the material, chiefly sand or gravel, deposited by meltwater streams in front of a glacier.
Origin:
1890–95; out- + wash
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out·wash   (out'wŏsh', -wôsh')   
n.  Sediment deposited by streams flowing away from a melting glacier.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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