River /(?)/
Riv·er
River
n.
- One who rives or splits.
River
n.
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A large stream of water flowing in a bed or channel and emptying into the ocean, a sea, a lake, or another stream; a stream larger than a rivulet or brook.
Transparent and sparkling rivers, from which it is delightful to drink as they flow.
- Fig.: A large stream; copious flow; abundance; as, rivers of blood; rivers of oil.
Phrases & Compounds
- River chub
- the hornyhead and allied species of fresh-water fishes.
- River crab
- any species of fresh-water crabs of the genus Thelphusa, as Thelphusa depressa of Southern Europe.
- River dragon
- a crocodile; -- applied by Milton to the king of Egypt.
- River driver
- a lumberman who drives or conducts logs down rivers.
- River duck
- any species of duck belonging to Anas, Spatula, and allied genera, in which the hind toe is destitute of a membranous lobe, as in the mallard and pintail; -- opposed to sea duck.
- River god
- a deity supposed to preside over a river as its tutelary divinity.
- River herring
- an alewife.
- River hog
- Any species of African wild hogs of the genus Potamochœrus. They frequent wet places along the rivers.
- River horse
- the hippopotamus.
- River jack
- an African puff adder (Clotho nasicornis) having a spine on the nose.
- River limpet
- a fresh-water, air-breathing mollusk of the genus Ancylus, having a limpet-shaped shell.
- River pirate
- the pike.
- River snail
- any species of fresh-water gastropods of Paludina, Melontho, and allied genera. See Pond snail, under Pond.
- River tortoise
- any one of numerous fresh-water tortoises inhabiting rivers, especially those of the genus Trionyx and allied genera. See Trionyx.
River
v. i.
- To hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks at river fowl. [Obs.]