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An arrangement of a woman's back hair over a cushion or frame in some resemblance to a waterfall.

A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a cataract. The silver brook . . . pours the white cascade. Longjellow. Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in cascade. Cawper.

A great fall of water over a precipice; a large waterfall.

A waterfall; a cascade. [Prov. Eng.] To see the falls for force of the river Kent. T. Gray.

A frozen waterfall, or mass of ice resembling a frozen waterfall. Coleridge.

Confined to a fresh-water lake by reason of waterfalls or dams; -- said of fishes that would naturally seek the sea, after spawning; as, the landlocked salmon.

A waterfall, or cataract; as, a roaring lin.

A waterfall. See Lin. [Scot.]

A cataract; a waterfall. [Obs.]

The part of a river where the current moves with great swiftness, but without actual waterfall or cascade; -- usually in the plural; as, the Lachine rapids in the St. Lawrence. Row, brothers, row the stream runs fast, The rapids are near, and the daylight's past. Moore.

in small drops or particles, as by the force of wind, or the dashing of waves, or from a waterfall, and the like.

A shallow rapid in a river; also, the current below a waterfall. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Patient anglers, standing all the day Near to some shallow stickle or deep bay. W. Browne.