land-floodn.
/ˈlan(d)flʌd/, U.S. /ˈlæn(d)ˌfləd/ a. Overflowing of land by water from a swollen river or other inland water.
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the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [noun] > river
land-flood1390
spatec1425
water break1513
flowa1616
overfloat1619
land-watera1631
freshet1638
surflux1660
spring-flood1714
shute1839
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 126 Februar, which..with lond~flodes in his rage At fordes letteth the passage.
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxiiiiv Grasse that the lande flode ronneth ouer is yll for shepe bycause of the sand and fylth that sticketh vpon it.
1647 T. Fuller Cause Wounded Conscience ix. 64 Like a land-flood, quickly come, quickly gone.
1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 175 The Rivers were..swelled with the Land Floods.
1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 181 The land-floods which accompany earthquakes.
b. figurative.
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the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > [noun] > continuous progress or advance of anything > great or irresistible
land-flood1579
trifluctuation1646
wave1851
tidal wave1870
1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin vii. 387 The fury of Thalmains entring into Italy as a landflood.
a1628 J. Preston New Covenant (1630) 83 It is but a Pond, it is but a land-floud, the spring of comfort belongs only to the Saints.
1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft viii. 242 Some of the country clergy were carried away by the landflood of superstition.
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