freshets

The "freshets" in the Mississippi are always accompanied with an immense quantity of "drift-wood," which is swept away from the banks of the

A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America

Western men were seldom members of organized churches, though the fear of the Deity, natural to those who witnessed the great "freshets" and the storms and cyclones which swept over the plains, carrying entire villages with them or cutting wide swaths through the primeval forests, was a powerful influence upon everyday conduct.

Expansion and Conflict William E. Dodd

Vandalia is the capital of Illinois, and is seated on the Kaskaskia river, which is only navigable to this point during the "freshets" in autumn and spring.

A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America

The proposed improvement of the Muskingum, they believed, would give them another advantage, by securing them water of a depth sufficient for boats in the dry seasons of the year, as well as during the "freshets," which they then had to depend upon, but which at best were not very reliable in their habits, as I found to my cost.

Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. John Sherman

British farmers may be thankful that they have not 'freshets' to overwhelm them, and negro labourers to vex and harass them.

Ten years on a Georgia plantation since the war, 1883

In the Northern United States, although inundations are not very unfrequently produced by heavy rains in the height of summer, it will be found generally true that the most rapid rise of the waters, and, of course, the most destructive "freshets," as they are called in America, are occasioned by the sudden dissolution of the snow before the open ground is thawed in the spring.

Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 03 (historical) 1874

Those places are overflown in the spring; the "freshets" caused by the melting of the snow raising the waters above their ordinary level.

Sketches and Tales Illustrative of Life in the Backwoods of New Brunswick, North America Frederick 1845

In the Northern United States, although inundations are not very unfrequently produced by heavy rains in the height of summer, it will be found generally true that the most rapid rise of the waters, and, of course, the most destructive "freshets," as they are called in America, are occasioned by the sudden dissolution of the snow before the open ground is thawed in the spring.

The Earth as Modified by Human Action George P. Marsh 1841

His head pounded with the beating of his heart, as though the pulse of his blood sent freshets of pain overflowing his veins.

Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011

His head pounded with the beating of his heart, as though the pulse of his blood sent freshets of pain overflowing his veins.

Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011