flowage

noun flow·age \ˈflō-ij\

Definition of FLOWAGE

a : an overflowing onto adjacent land

b : a body of water formed by overflowing or damming

c : floodwater especially of a stream

: gradual deformation of a body of plastic solid (as rock) by intermolecular shear

1830

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