flowage

[ floh-ij ]

/ ˈfloʊ ɪdʒ /

noun

the state of being flooded.

flowing or overflowing water, or other liquid.

Mechanics. gradual internal motion or deformation.

Words nearby flowage

flow chart, flow cleavage, flow country, flow sheet, flow-on, flowage, flowback, flower, flower beetle, flower box, flower bud

Origin of flowage

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30; flow + -age

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Examples from the Web for flowage

A monopoly will give us settled prices and control of the flowage.
Joan of Arc of the North Woods|Holman Day
We have in mind now, the common case of water temporarily raised, by Winter flowage or by Summer freshets.
Farm drainage|Henry Flagg French
The flowage vastly increased the extent of the deadwater, slowing the logs of the independents, whose towage methods were crude.
Joan of Arc of the North Woods|Holman Day
It is extremely difficult to set limits to the effect of such a flowage.
Farm drainage|Henry Flagg French

A sixty foot channel has been left through the flowage for slucing logs.
Fifty Years In The Northwest|William Henry Carman Folsom

British Dictionary definitions for flowage

flowage

/ (ˈfləʊɪdʒ) /

noun

the act of flowing or overflowing or the state of having overflowed

the liquid that flows or overflows

a gradual deformation or motion of certain solids, such as asphalt, which flow without fracture

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