A seiche is the sloshing of a closed body of water from earthquake shaking. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference
Gardes-Tamine, Joëlle, Saint-John Perse ou La stratégie de la seiche. From Wordnik.com. [Saint-John Perse - Bibliography] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Total War]
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. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884] Reference
Trois gouttes de ce laict dessus la seiche cendre, 50. From Wordnik.com. [Aux cendres de Claude Colet] Reference
But don't worry: today's seiche should be less than a foot tall. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Happy 173rd Birthday, Chicago! seiche caused by severe thunderstorms. From Wordnik.com. Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Povre, seiche, mesgre, menue. From Wordnik.com. [Les Regrets de la belle Hëaulmiere] Reference
There could be a seiche in the lagoon! ". From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Torc]
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