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overfalls

[oh-ver-fawlz]

noun

1.

Oceanography. water made rough by a strong current moving over a shoal, by an opposing current, or by winds blowing against the current.

2.

Obsolete. a cataract or waterfall.

Origin:
1535–45; over- + fall + -s³

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