Crossword-Solution: FLOODGATE
We have 15 clues for the answer “FLOODGATE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| GATE to admit or exclude water | 1 answer |
| Scandal in the aftermath of a tsunami? | 1 answer |
| Scandal involving Noah and the ark? | 1 answer |
| gate used to control the flow of water | 1 answer |
| sluice | 12 answers |
| aqueduct | 19 answers |
| Doorway | 20 answers |
| OUTPOURING of water | 22 answers |
| Water Channel | 29 answers |
| Way out | 35 answers |
| extravasation | 44 answers |
| Hatch | 47 answers |
| watercourse | 49 answers |
| Outlet | 55 answers |
| Vent | 60 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RATEE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with FLOODGATE (5)
XXXVII At last, “Is this right hand,” quoth he, “so weak, That thou disdain’st gainst me to use thy might? Can it naught do? can this tongue nothing speak That may provoke thine ire, thy wrath and spite?” With that he struck, his anger great to wreak, A blow, that pierced the mail and metal bright, And in his flank set ope a floodgate wide, Whereat the blood out streamed from his side.
Here there is a little floodgate, through which water rushes from an oblong pond or reservoir, fed by water from a corner of the upper part of the weir.
The pond or reservoir above the floodgate is separated from the weir by a stone wall on the left, or south-west side.
Whenever, as a man told me who was standing near, it is necessary to lay the bed of the canal dry, in the immediate neighbourhood for the purpose of making repairs, the floodgate to the canal is closed, and the one to the lower part of the weir is opened, and then the water from the pond flows into the Dee, whilst a sluice, near the first lock, lets out the water of the canal into the river.
And having done so, lay faggots or bavins of smaller wood betwixt them: and then, earth betwixt and above them: and then, having first very well rammed them and the earth, use another pile in like manner as the first were: and note, that the second pile is to be of or about the height that you intend to make your sluice or floodgate, or the vent that you intend shall convey the overflowings of your pond in any flood that shall endanger the breaking of your pond-dam.
Quotes with FLOODGATE (1)
Today may be your last chance to be you, someone you forgot to completely immerse yourself in because you were too worried about the details. The details that, no matter how many times you thought them through, brought you no closer to understanding. They just tied up your mind and prevented you from really letting in the things you love. Your demon that is standing before the beautiful floodgate and is keeping you in a dehydrated nothingness. Give him permission to walk away…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Crossroads, NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (2003–2016).