n. [ F. déluge, L. diluvium, fr. diluere wash away; di- = dis- + luere, equiv. to lavare to wash. See Lave, and cf. Diluvium. ]
A fiery deluge fed
With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
As I grub up some quaint old fragment of a [ London ] street, or a house, or a shop, or tomb or burial ground, which has still survived in the deluge. F. Harrison. [ 1913 Webster ]
After me the deluge.
(Aprés moi le déluge.) Madame de Pompadour. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The deluged earth would useless grow. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]
At length corruption, like a general flood . . .
Shall deluge all. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]