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Webster 1913 Edition
River
Riv′er
,Noun.
One who rives or splits.
Riv′er
,Noun.
1.
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. Macaulay.
2.
Fig.: A large stream; copious flow; abundance;
as,
. rivers
of blood; rivers
of oilRiver chub
(Zool.)
, the hornyhead and allied species of fresh-water fishes.
– River crab
(Zool.)
, 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.
Bartlett.
– River duck
(Zool.)
, 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
(Zool.)
, an alewife.
– River hog
. (Zool.)
(a)
Any species of African wild hogs of the genus
Potamochœrus
. They frequent wet places along the rivers. (b)
The capybara.
– River horse
(Zool.)
, the hippopotamus.
– River jack
(Zool.)
, an African puff adder (
– Clotho nasicornis
) having a spine on the nose. River limpet
(Zool.)
, a fresh-water, air-breathing mollusk of the genus
– Ancylus
, having a limpet-shaped shell. River pirate
(Zool.)
, the pike.
– River snail
(Zool.)
, any species of fresh-water gastropods of
– Paludina
, Melontho
, and allied genera. See Pond snail
, under Pond
. River tortoise
(Zool.)
, any one of numerous fresh-water tortoises inhabiting rivers, especially those of the genus
Trionyx
and allied genera. See Trionyx
.Riv′er
,Verb.
I.
To hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks at river fowl.
[Obs.]
Halliwell.
Webster 1828 Edition
River
RI'VER
,Noun.