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backwater a body of stagnant water connected to a river backwater [′bak‚wȯd·ər] (hydrology) A series of connected lagoons, or a creek parallel to a coast, narrowly separated from the sea and connected to it by barred outlets. Accumulation of water resulting from and held back by an obstruction. Water reversed in its course by an obstruction. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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And so you're still as ever enjoying your peaceful, quiet happiness," he said, smiling, "out of the reach of the current in your peaceful backwater. One had the sense of a backwater, or rather of an estuary, whose waters flowed in from the invisible sea, and ebbed into a profound silence while the waves without were still beating. The nearest he ever got to meditation was a sort of trance-like state, a kind of suspended animation in which his mind drifted sluggishly like a log in a backwater. |
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