Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
sheet , 8.
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Examples
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In others the springs and surface-flow only break out when the water table reaches the surface—during the winter or other times of particularly heavy rain.
Leave the Grave Green Deborah Crombie 1995
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When we have thus disposed of the water from the surface-flow, the shallow springs and the deep springs, and given vent to the water accumulated and ponded in the low places, we have then accomplished all that is peculiar to this kind of drainage.
Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles Henry Flagg French
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The process of under-draining is a process of absorption and filtration, as distinguished from surface-flow and evaporation.
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As a result, water has elevation, if only a foot or so, to surface-flow off of the playable areas into the native woods or the large waste bunkers.
Yahoo! Sports - Top News Jay Busbee 2010
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As a result, water has elevation, if only a foot or so, to surface-flow off of the playable areas into the native woods or the large waste bunkers.
Yahoo! Sports - Top News Jay Busbee 2010
hernesheir commented on the word surface-flow
One must chuckle, but not hork, at the Century Dictionary entry for this word: "See sheet, 8."
July 8, 2010