| 单词 | downfall water |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdownfall water downfall water n. now rare water that has fallen in the form of rain. ΚΠ 1682 in T. Badeslade Hist. Anc. & Present State Navigation King's-Lyn (1725) (modernized text) App. 131 The..downfall Waters are stopped by these Brooks running high. 1722 T. Yarborough Let. 19 Nov. in Early Hist. Don Navigation (1965) 55 This must be of great servise to Sir Geo. to carry of the downfall water so quick from his estates, but a hardship to his neibers below. 1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon xi. 285 By these drains the downfal waters would immediately escape. 1871 Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper 12 Feb. 5/1 The downfall water runs so rapidly into rivers and streams during the winter season, that they are utterly dry and parched, even in the beginning of the summer. 1956 H. C. Darby Draining of Fens (ed. 2) iv. 145 There were still many complaints of flodding by downfall water. < as lemmas |
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