Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small river; a rivulet.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A rivulet.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
rivulet .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Hartford, carried off the charter, and hid it in a hollow oak-tree on the estate of the Wyllyses, just across the "riveret;" and when the lights were relighted the colony was no longer able to comply with
Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II The Planting Of The First Colonies: 1562—1733 Various 1885
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In the midst of the valley cometh down a riveret, rill, or brook of fresh water, which hard by the seaside maketh a pond or pool, whereout our ships were watered with very great ease and pleasure.
Summarie and true discourse of Sir Frances Drakes West Indian voyage Walter Bigges
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In the midst of the valley cometh down a riveret, rill, or brook of fresh water, which hard by the seaside maketh a pond or pool, whereout our ships were watered with very great ease and pleasure.
Drake’s Great Armada 1909
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