reˈflowing, vbl. n.
[f. reflow v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of the vb.; refluence.
| 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) III. 369 The floenge..of the see þer as at oon tyme and refloenge to gedre. 1555 Eden Decades 58 Whiche rowghnes or reflowinge, the Spanyardes caule Resacca. 1613–16 W. Browne Brit. Past. i. v, Our teares should make the flood, not her reflowing. 1654 Earl of Monmouth tr. Bentivoglio's Warrs Flanders 224 The flowing and reflowing of the Tide will oppose them. 1813 J. C. Hobhouse Journey (ed. 2) 454 The change which..took place in the flowing and reflowing of the stream. |
So reˈflowing ppl. a.
| 1609 Holland Amm. Marcell. 196 With a returne of the current and reflowing waves it dasheth upon the temple of Apollo Sminthius. 1896 Daily News 29 Feb. 5/5 Coming up..on the crest of the re-flowing tide. |