All 4 Uses of
deluge
in
Jane Eyre
- I heaved them up, deluged the bed and its occupant, flew back to my own room, brought my own water-jug, baptized the couch afresh, and, by God's aid, succeeded in extinguishing the flames which were devouring it.†
Chpt 15 *
- I briefly related to him what had transpired: the strange laugh I had heard in the gallery: the step ascending to the third storey; the smoke, — the smell of fire which had conducted me to his room; in what state I had found matters there, and how I had deluged him with all the water I could lay hands on.†
Chpt 15
- The last was an awful blank: something like the world when the deluge was gone by.†
Chpt 27
- And now it is deluged with a nectarous flood — the young germs swamped — delicious poison cankering them: now I see myself stretched on an ottoman in the drawing-room at Vale Hall at my bride Rosamond Oliver's feet: she is talking to me with her sweet voice — gazing down on me with those eyes your skilful hand has copied so well — smiling at me with these coral lips.†
Chpt 32
Definition:
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(deluge) a large amount of something -- especially water
or:
to overwhelm with a large amount of something -- especially water