C. T. Onions, A Shakespeare Glossary

1. stream (fig.) H8 I. i. 152 “ of gall,” Tim. II. ii. 3 “cease his of riot,” V. iv. 76 “our brain's ” (=tears); phr. “set at flow,” cause to weep Tim. II. ii. 173.

2. rise of the tide Tp. V. i. 270; fig. 1H4 I. ii. 43, Troil. II. iii. 140, Tim. II. ii. 152.

3. rise of water in general Ant. II. vii. 20 “the o' the Nile,” Lucr. 651 “The petty streams that . . . Add to his” [the sea's] “flow.”