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Spillway   /spˈɪlwˌeɪ/   Listen
Spillway

noun
1.
A channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction.  Synonyms: spill, wasteweir.






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"Spillway" Quotes from Famous Books



... thrust through with shafts of white moonbeams, giving a weird setting to the silent midnight hour. The odor of woods' blossoms came with the moist, fresh breath of the May night. There was a little song of waters gurgling down the spillway that was once only a dry draw choked with wild plum bushes. The road wound picturesquely through the grove to a bridged driveway that separated the lakelet into two parts. A spread of silvery light lay on this driveway and Thaine checked ...
— Winning the Wilderness • Margaret Hill McCarter



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