DCHP-1 Online
flood ((n.)) Esp.Que. 
n. the annual spring break-up, especially the ice shove, on the rivers.
See also: shove ((n.)) (def. 2)
- 1894 The people speak of this annual breakup of winter as "the flood". . . .
- 1931 In some instances it is due to river "flood ice," in others, to sea ice, snow drifts, or frozen tundra lagoons. . . .
- 1965 The flood of April, 1885 was the greatest in twelve years.
- 1894 The people speak of this annual breakup of winter as "the flood". . . .