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Deluge | Deluge \Del"uge\ (d[e^]l"[-u]j), n. [F. d['e]luge, L. diluvium, fr. diluere wash away; di- = dis- + luere, equiv. to lavare to wash. See {Lave}, and cf. {Diluvium}.] 1. 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.). [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction. ``The deluge of summer.'' --Lowell. [1913 Webster] A fiery deluge fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed. --Milton. [1913 Webster] As I grub up some quaint old fragment of a [London] street, or a house, or a shop, or tomb or burial ground, which has still survived in the deluge. --F. Harrison. [1913 Webster] After me the deluge. (Apr['e]s moi le d['e]luge.) --Madame de Pompadour. [1913 Webster] |
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