Hypertext Webster Gateway: "spate"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Spate \Spate\, n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. speid.]
A river flood; an overflow or inundation. --Burns.

Gareth in a showerful spring Stared at the spate.
--Tennyson.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

spate
n 1: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent:
"a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of
money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must
have cost plenty" [syn: {batch}, {deal}, {flock}, {good
deal}, {great deal}, {hatful}, {heap}, {lot}, {mass}, {mess},
{mickle}, {mint}, {muckle}, {peck}, {pile}, {plenty}, {pot},
{quite a little}, {raft}, {sight}, {slew}, {stack}, {tidy
sum}, {wad}, {whole lot}, {whole slew}]
2: a sudden forceful flow [syn: {rush}, {surge}, {upsurge}]
3: the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or
melting snow [syn: {freshet}]

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