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Definition of Floodgates
1. floodgate [n] - See also: floodgate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Floodgates
Literary usage of Floodgates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Burke, Select Works by Edmund Burke (1881)
"In the conclusion of the ' Medal' the poet foreshadows what is called the '
bursting of the floodgates;' the inevitable strife of the ' cut-throat sword and ..."
2. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1899)
"It is quite true that the complaint did allege that the floodgates were "negligently
and carelessly, and without proper regard for the rights of this ..."
3. A Treatise on Hydrostatics and Pneumatics by Dionysius Lardner, Benjamin Franklin Joslin (1836)
"EMBANKMENTS, DAMS, AND floodgates. METHOD OF COMPUTING THE TOTAL PRESSURE ON THE
SURFACE OF A VESSEL OF ANY SHAPE. EXAMPLES.—GLOBE. CUBE. ..."
4. Hydrostatics and Pneumatics by Dionysius Lardner (1831)
"EMBANKMENTS, DAMS, AND floodgates. METHOD OF COMPUTING THE TOTAL PRESSURE ON THE
SURFACE OF A VESSEL OF ANT SHAPE. EXAMPLES. GLOBE. CUBE. ..."
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