River

riv′ėr, n. a large running stream of water.— adj. Riv′era in , riparian.— ns. Riv′er-bank , the bank of a river; Riv′er-bās′in , the whole region drained by a river and its affluents; Riv′er-bed , the channel in which a river flows; Riv′er-birch , the red birch; Riv′er-bott′om , the alluvial land along the margin of a river; Riv′er-carp , the common carp; Riv′er-chub , the horny-head or jerker; Riv′er-course , the bed of a river; Riv′er-crab , a fresh-water crab; Riv′er-craft , small ve els which ply on rivers; Riv′er-cray′fish , a crayfish proper; Riv′er-dol′phin , a Gangetic dolphin; Riv′er-drag′on ( Milt. ), a crocodile; Riv′er-duck , a fresh-water duck; Riv′eret , Riv′erling , a small river; Riv′er-flat , alluvial land along a river; Riv′er-god , the tutelary deity of a river; Riv′er-head , the spring of a river; Riv′er-hog , the capybara; Riv′er-horse , the hippopotamus.— adj. Riv′erine , pertaining to, or resembling, a river.— ns. Riv′er-jack , the common water-snake of Europe; Riv′er-man , one who makes his livelihood by dragging the river for sunken goods; River-mu ′el , a fresh-water mu el; Riv′er-ott′er , the common European otter; Riv′er-perch , a Californian surf-fish; Riv′er-pie , the water-ousel; Riv′er-shore , the shore or bank of a river; Riv′er-side , the bank of a river; Riv′er-smelt , the gudgeon; Riv′er-snail , a pond snail; Riv′er-swall′ow , the sand-martin; Riv′er-tide , the tide from the sea rising or ebbing in a river; Riv′er-tor′toise , a soft-shelled turtle; Riv′er-wall , a wall made to confine the waters of a river within definite bounds.— adj. Riv′ery , pertaining to rivers, like rivers. [Fr. rivière (It. riviera , shore, river)—Low L. riparia , a shore district—L. rip a , a bank.]