Definition of "flowage" [flow•age]

• The act of flowing or overflowing. (noun)
• The state of being flooded. (noun)
• A body of water, such as a lake or reservoir, formed by usually deliberate flooding. (noun)
• An outflow or overflow. (noun)
• The gradual plastic deformation of a solid body, as by heat. (noun)

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• "He said he would use some kind of flowage, and hoped that when the lawyers got done talking in court it would be decided that the aforesaid nat'ral flowage was the kind that had been used by him. ""
• "We have to anchor the boat and walk through shallows to get to the mouth of a tiny mangrove - and cypress-lined flowage that Willcox says is home to my redfish."
• "Smelled it one other time too a long way from that flowage, .. but it was pretty much the same "knock you down" kind of stench."