riveret

English

Etymology

river +‎ -et?

Noun

riveret (plural riverets)

  1. (obsolete) A rivulet.
    • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 2 p. 27:
      Of Cranburn that is call’d; who greatly joyes to see
      A Riveret borne of her, for Stours should reckned bee,

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for riveret in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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