Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An overflowing of land by water, especially by inland waters, as rivers and the like; an inundation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An overflowing of land by river; an inundation; a freshet.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
overflowing ofland byriver ; aninundation orfreshet .
Etymologies
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land + flood
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As a landflood, it carries a bigger stream, and comes with a mightier force and noise, yet presently dries up and disappears; but the emissions of
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. VI. 1634-1716 1823
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