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washout
1. Geology
a. erosion of the earth's surface by the action of running water
b. a narrow channel produced by this erosion
2. Aeronautics a decrease in the angle of attack of an aircraft wing towards the wing tip


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But it just wasn't my fate, even that time I rode my engine down to the bottom of a forty-foot washout.
 
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