Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A channel or way by which surplus water may be discharged or allowed to flow off.
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- noun A flow from something (or somewhere) to something (or somewhere) else
Etymologies
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From off- + flow.
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Examples
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If these were intruded, even as is, into the main text the reader would process it differently, but as footnotes, these pieces get reserved -- and highlighted -- as off-flow text.
SeeLight: 2008
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If these were intruded, even as is, into the main text the reader would process it differently, but as footnotes, these pieces get reserved -- and highlighted -- as off-flow text.
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It is also possible to put stones around the off-flow of the cistern.
1. Introduction 1989
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