flood ((n.))

Esp.Que.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the annual spring break-up, especially the ice shove, on the rivers.

See: shove ((n.)) (def. 2)

Quotations

1894

The people speak of this annual breakup of winter as "the flood". . . .

1931

In some instances it is due to river "flood ice," in others, to sea ice, snow drifts, or frozen tundra lagoons. . . .

1965

The flood of April, 1885 was the greatest in twelve years.