Both Uses of
torrent
in
The Fellowship of the Ring
- At the head of the glen a torrent flowed like a white lace over an endless ladder of short falls, and a mist of foam hung in the air about the mountains' feet.†
Chpt 2.6 *
- Down the deep-cloven way that climbs beside the torrent we should have come, if fortune had been kinder.†
Chpt 2.6
Definition:
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(torrent) an overwhelming amount -- especially of quickly moving water