dead water
noun
water eddying beside a moving hull, especially directly astern.
a part of a stream where there is a slack current.
Origin of dead water
1First recorded in 1555–65
Words Nearby dead water
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How to use dead water in a sentence
I crept up the dead water under the bank, and hadn't no accidents and didn't see nobody.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)It is known that there is a small bay and dead water for some distance within its mouth.
The Indian in his Wigwam | Henry R. SchoolcraftWhen the level is driven correctly, with the proper depth of water, it is said to have dead water at the forehead.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreOn the ceiling a spot of light flickered with the reflection of the dead water, constantly crossed by lines of shadow.
Woman Triumphant | Vicente Blasco IbaezIt was a little sheet of marshy water, surrounded by reeds, on which floated some dead water-lily leaves.
The Mystery of the Yellow Room | Gaston Leroux
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