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i. [ That iche, lef and dere, On londe am rived here. 2. To go; travel. Then they rived east and they rived west In many a strange country. King Arthur and the King of Cornwall (Child's Ballads, I. [ 233). rivel (riv'el), v. t.; pret. and pp. riveled or riv elled, ppr. riveling or rivelling. [ mountain regions, where the precipitation is chiefly or entirely in the form of snow, which can melt only gradually, so that disastrous floods are thus prevented, while the winter's precipitation in many regions is stored away for summer's use, extensive tracts being thus made available for habitation which otherwise would be deserts. The size of a river depends chiefly on the orographical features and the amount of rainfall of the region through which it flows. Thus, the Amazon is the largest river in the world because the peculiar topography of South America causes the drainage of a vast region (over a million and a half square miles) to converge toward one central line, and because throughout the whole course of that river and its branches there is a region of very large rainfall. The Orinoco, although draining an area le than 2. In law, a stream of flowing water, of greater magnitude than a rivulet or brook. It may be navigable or not the right to use it may be purely public, or it may be private property; it may arise from streams, or constitute the outlet of a lake; it may be known by the appellation of river or by some other name these particulars not being material to its legal character as a river. Bishop. 3. A large stream; copious flow; abundance: as, rivers of oil. Rivers of blood I see, and hills of slain, An Iliad rising out of one campaign. Add is on, The Campaign. Flash, ye cities, in rivers of fire! Tennyson , Welcome to Alexandra. River and Harbor Bill, an appropriation bill generally pa ed in recent years by the United States Congre , for the improvement of navigable waters, the development of streams, etc., alleged to be suitable for navigation. Such a bill was in 1882 vetoed by the President on account of its extravagance ($18,000,000) and "log-rolling "character. The amount appropriated has increased from le than $4,000,000 in 1870 to almost $25,000,000 in 1890.- River Brethren, en a denomination of Baptists in the United States, which during the Revolution, and derived its origin from the Men no nites. It recognizes three orders of clergy, rejects infant baptism, and baptizes adults by a threefold immersion. Its other church ordinances are the communion, feet-washing, and the love-feast. - To set the river on fire. See fire. [ riverain , pertain riverain (riv'er-an), a. ing to or dwelling on the banks of a river, Turkish authorities do not attempt to run their steamers up and down throughout the year, but content themselves with a few trips between Beles and Hillah while the river remains in flood from April to August, with the political object of controlling the riverain tribes rather than for purposes of commerce. Encyc. Brit., VIII. 67L 98 per cent. of the entries in the tables were correct within 8 inches of actual heights at open coast stations, and 69 per cent. at riverain stations. Nature , XLI. 140. river-ba (riv'ėr-bas), n. Any ba of the ge nus Micropterus . river-bed (riv'er-bed), n . The channel in which a river flows.