a heavy rain
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Reign.
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A fall or descent of rain; the water, or amount of water, that falls in rain; as, the average annual rainfall of a region.
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A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.…
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A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.…
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To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; as, the river inundated the town.
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To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; as, the river inundated the town.
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A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.…
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A pouring or streaming downwards; esp., a heavy or continuous shower.
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One who pelts.
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One who, or that which, soaks.
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A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.
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A remarkable meteorological phenomenon, of the nature of a tornado or whirlwind, usually observed over the sea, but sometimes over the land.
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