flowage

[floh-ij]

noun

an act of flowing; flow.

the state of being flooded.

flowing or overflowing water, or other liquid.

Mechanics. gradual internal motion or deformation.

Nearby words

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

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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