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flood ((v.)) 
v. build up a rink surface by applying water and allowing it to freeze.
- 1872 (1891) We are working at our outdoor rink, and find it difficult to manage. An Englishman exclaims, "Flood it!" but this is just the difficulty as the water freezes as it touches the ice. . . .
- 1955 The ice surface [of a curling "sheet"], as a result of more frost, milder weather or another flooding, will have changed, even though slightly. . . .
- 1872 (1891) We are working at our outdoor rink, and find it difficult to manage. An Englishman exclaims, "Flood it!" but this is just the difficulty as the water freezes as it touches the ice. . . .