flood (fig. uses are fairly numerous)
1.
freq. used
of large bodies of water, rivers, the sea (
Mer.V. IV. i. 72
“the main ”
), also for water as opposed to land (
MND. II. i. 5
“Through , through
fire,”
Oth. I. iii. 135
“by and field”
); hence, of streams of tears and blood.
2.
flowing in of the
tide
Gent. II. iii. 48
“in losing the [thou'lt]
lose thy voyage,”
John V. vii. 64
“Devoured by the
unexpected ,”
Cæs. IV. iii. 218
“a tide . . . taken at
the flood.”
