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overfalls
[ oh-ver-fawlz ]
noun
- Oceanography. water made rough by a strong current moving over a shoal, by an opposing current, or by winds blowing against the current.
- Obsolete. a cataract or waterfall.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of overfalls1
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Example Sentences
The merchant ship Lady Elliot in passing through it, found overfalls with eighteen fathoms.
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On the easternmost bank were nine fathoms, but on the other we found overfalls between five and seven fathoms.
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I have seen these overfalls to come both from the eastward and the westward.
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Strong currents producing overfalls, dangerous to small craft.
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The river was all swirls and grinding pools, and oily overfalls, and noisy rapids.
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