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freshet 1. the sudden overflowing of a river caused by heavy rain or melting snow 2. a stream of fresh water emptying into the sea freshet [′fresh·ət] (hydrology) The annual spring rise of streams in cold climates as a result of melting snow. A flood resulting from either rain or melting snow; usually applied only to small streams and to floods of minor severity. A small fresh-water stream. 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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| While we sat in the kitchen waiting for the cookies to bake or the taffy to cool, Nina used to coax Antonia to tell her stories--about the calf that broke its leg, or how Yulka saved her little turkeys from drowning in the freshet, or about old Christmases and weddings in Bohemia. She was so mad she couldn't get the words out fast enough, and she gushed them out in one everlasting freshet. They engaged him; but straightway upon the ship's getting out of sight of land, his insanity broke out in a freshet. |
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