river driver

A name given by lumbermen to one whose busine is to conduct logs down run ning streams. river-ducks, s. pl. Ornith.: The Anatine. ( Swains on.) river-god, s. Compar. Religions : A river personified, and worshiped as a deity. [WATER-WORSHIP.] "Ody eus invokes the river of Scheria; Skamandros had his priest and Spercheios his grove; and sacrifice was done to the rival of Herakles, the river - god Acheloos." -Tylor: Prim . Cult . (ed. 1873), ii. 213. river-hog, 8. Zoology : The genus Potamochœrus, sometimes called Bush-hogs. Potamochœrus penicil lat us , is the Red River-hog. "The river-hogs in the distance (Potamochœrus ed wardsii), allied to African species, indicate a later immigration from the mainland (to Madagascar) than in the case of most of the other mammal i a."- Wallace : Geog. Dist. Anim., i. 278. river-horse, s. IMG:content-0686.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0687.png:[blocks in formation] river-tortoise, s. [MARSH-TORTOISE.] river-wall, s. Hydr . Eng .: A wall made to confine a river within definite bounds, either (1) to prevent denudation or erosion of the banks; (2) to prevent overflow of the land adjacent; or (3) to concentrate the force of the stream within a smaller sectional area for the purpose of deepening a navigable channel.