refluence

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refluence (countable and uncountable, plural refluences)

  1. The state or quality of being refluent, of flowing back.
  2. A flowing back.
    • 1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. ”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. , volume I, London: Edward Moxon , published 1839, →OCLC, page 360:
      Scared by the faith they feigned, each priestly slave
      Knelt for his mercy whom they served with blood,
      And, like the refluence of a mighty wave
      Sucked into the loud sea, the multitude
      With crushing panic, fled in terror’s altered mood.

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