SPATES

Noun

spates

plural of spate

Anagrams

• Pestas, aspets, pastes, sepats, speats, stapes

Source: Wiktionary


SPATE

Spate, n. Etym: [Of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. speid.]

Definition: A river flood; an overflow or inundation. Burns. Gareth in a showerful spring Stared at the spate. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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