Obs. [? repr. OE. *flówet, f. flówan to FLOW.] A watercourse.
14[?]. in MS. Cantab. Ff., v. 48, f. 106 (Halliw.).
And at a window cast him owt, | |
Riȝt into Temse flowt. |
1583. Sewers Inquisition in Lincoln (1851), 8. One sewer in Scotter Ings at the ould flout shall be sufficiently diked in breadth ten foot in the toppe & six in the bottom.