The Collaborative International Dictionary
Refluent \Ref"lu*ent\ (-ent), a. [L. refluens, p. pr. of
refluere to flow back; pref. re- re- + fluere to flow. See
Flurent.]
Flowing back; returning; ebbing.
--Cowper.
And refluent through the pass of fear
The battle's tide was poured.
--Sir W.
Scott.
Wiktionary
a. 1 flowing back 2 ebbing
Usage examples of "refluent".
Beyond the light that the sweet glances throw And refluent wave of the sweet smile, may know The very sky and sea-line of her soul.
A chip cast ashore in a refluent eddy tells no tale of the force and swiftness of the current.
And if he raised his voice much, or attempted any extra flights, he was liable to be drowned in a refluent sea of his own eloquence.
This pool, roaring to heaven, showed strange, violent currents in flow and refluent ebb of hate.
Reiteration and circulation slowly did their work, and gradually a slim backward trickle of urbanites swelled into a vigorous refluent stream.
Glimpses of these lost things--these squandered treasures, these wasted possibilities, these pearls and gems of life that have gone down into the sea of our past--we may have when the reefs are left bare by the refluent tides, but glimpses only can we see.
Immediately all the flood retired with a refluent course, and the dryness returned, nor was there hurt or damage seen in the vessels or in the furniture of his dwelling.
The rocks underneath his feet, some round, some angular, some flat, were slippery with the ooze of the earth fissures above and the refluent foam of the cascade.