Refluous

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Flowing backwards; refluent. not-comparable, obsolete

    "[T]he ſtream of Jordan ſouth of their going over, vvas not ſupplied vvith any reciprocall or refluous tide out of the Dead ſea, […]"

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ebbing

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"[T]he ſtream of Jordan ſouth of their going over, vvas not ſupplied vvith any reciprocall or refluous tide out of the Dead ſea, […]"

Etymology

Latin refluus.

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