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Webster 1913 Edition


Rivulet

Riv′u-let

,
Noun.
[Earlier
rivolet
, It.
rivoletto
, a dim. fr.
rivolo
, L.
rivulus
, dim. of
rivus
a brook. CF.
Rival
,
Rite
.]
A small stream or brook; a streamlet.
By fountain or by shady
rivulet

He sought them.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Rivulet

RIV'ULET

,
Noun.
[L. rivulus.] A small stream or book; a streamlet.
By fountain or by shady rivulet, he sought them.

Definition 2024


rivulet

rivulet

English

Noun

rivulet (plural rivulets)

  1. A small brook or stream; a streamlet.
    A rivulet of tears ran down his face.
    • Charles Cotton (1630-1687)
      Rills running down the steepest slopes develop into rivulets.
    • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 23, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
      The struggle with ways and means had recommenced, more difficult now a hundredfold than it had been before, because of their increasing needs. Their income disappeared as a little rivulet that is swallowed by the thirsty ground.

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