Seiche

A seiche is the sloshing of a closed body of water from earthquake shaking. ❋ Davgen (2010)

It is famed for having touched off a full-scale tsunami - more correctly known as a seiche - with huge waves crashing all the way across the lake. ❋ Chronicle [email protected] (David Perlman (2010)

Most important would be Chicago, or what was left of Chicago after the seiche in Lake Michigan had produced a tidal wave effect and destroyed much of the city proper. ❋ Ahern, Jerry (1981)

Gardes-Tamine, Joëlle, Saint-John Perse ou La stratégie de la seiche. ❋ Unknown (1960)

The last subject discussed by the author is that of the rhythmical variations of level, or "seiches," of deep lakes; he applies the usual formula to Lake Tahoe, and calculates from it the length of a complete longitudinal and of a transverse "seiche;" these are found to be eighteen or nineteen minutes in the first case and thirteen minutes in the second. ❋ Various (N/A)

Trois gouttes de ce laict dessus la seiche cendre, 50 ❋ Unknown (1920)

_Cotgrave_ (1611), _Ruade seiche_, a drie bob, jeast or nip. ❋ Aphra Behn (1664)

Happy 173rd Birthday, Chicago! seiche caused by severe thunderstorms. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But don't worry: today's seiche should be less than a foot tall. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Even if it was historically mild, the weather pattern Dave mentioned yesterday still managed to wreak a bit of havoc at the lake shore. seiche caused by severe thunderstorms.

J'estois en une telle angoisse que je ne scaurois dire: car j'estois tout tari et deseche a cause du labeur et de la chaleur du fourneau; il y avoit plus d'un mois que ma chemise n'avoit seiche sur moy, encores pour me consoler on se moquoit de moy, et mesme ceux qui me devoient secourir alloient crier par la ville que je faisois brusler le plancher: et par tel moyen l'on me faisoit perdre mon credit et m'estimoit-on estre fol. ❋ Samuel Smiles (1858)