单词 | exundation |
释义 | exundationn. Now rare. Overflow (of a body of water). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > [noun] waving1571 exundation1577 fluctuation1646 exundancea1654 undation1656 exundancy1686 wave-action1880 1577 R. Willes in R. Willes & R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Hist. Trauayle W. & E. Indies f. 5v But shortly after that this enterprise was atchiued, befel a marueylous great earthquake, and exundation or ouerflowing of the sea. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 34/1 Great part of Flanders being drowned by an exundation or breaking in of the sea. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. ii. 46 The riseing of the former [poole], and exundation of the latter. 1792 A. Geddes Bible, Gen. xlv. 6 (note) The fertility of Egypt depends on the regular exundations of the Nile. 1853 Fraser's Mag. 48 708 The issue of the waters, or exundation from the pond. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1577 |
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