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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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... down to the alfalfa-fields, round them, and back up to the spillway of the lower lake, where a group of mesquite-trees, owing to the water that seeped through the sand to their roots, had taken on bloom and beauty of renewed life. Under these trees there was shade enough to make a pleasant place to linger. Madeline dismounted, desiring ...
— The Light of Western Stars • Zane Grey



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