byflow

noun

Etymology

From by- + flow.

  1. derived from *plōw-
  2. inherited from *flōaną — “to flow
  3. inherited from *flōan
  4. inherited from flōwan — “to flow
  5. inherited from flowen
  6. formed as byflow — “by- + flow

Definitions

  1. That which flows by, near, or around

    That which flows by, near, or around; an ancillary or secondary flow.

    • Runoff measurements tended to be slightly inaccurate due to underflow or byflow of small but rapid streams flowing in solid or pebbly mountainous channels.
    • The internal overflow steel dam should be used for this purpose to allow byflow. With a closed-type riser it should be possible to couple the suction pipe to the hydrant and, of course, no byflow arrangement is required.
    • Why not cut St. Leonard's-on-Sea, which is a confounded Hastings circuited by a byflow of parade, and come straight here to Bournemouth — really one of the prettiest of all the English Sea-Sides, with pines growing to the sands.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for byflow. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA