CURRENT
ADJECTIVES
► DOWNLONG of a current, tide, etc.: rushing along → 1876 obs.
► HEADY of a current or stream: impetuous, violent → 1599
NOUNS
► BABY RIP a small current travelling seaward from shore → 1990 US sl.
► BIRTH a current in the sea caused by a furious tide, but taking a different course from it → 1700 Sc.
► HEAVY WATER the main current in a body of water → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► INDRAUGHT a strong current, a vortex → 1795 Sc.
► RACE a strong current in the sea or a river → 1375
► RAT a strong or rapid current → 1753 obs.
► RIDE the current of the sea → 1892 Sc.
► SWIFT a rapid current; a rapid → 1661 obs.
► UNDERSOOK an undercurrent flowing in a direction opposite to that of the surface water, underflow → 1904 Sc.
► VEIN a current; a streamlet or rivulet → 1600 obs.
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