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Definition of River Severn

1. Noun. A river in England and Wales flowing into the Bristol Channel; the longest river in Great Britain.

Lexicographical Neighbors of River Severn

Literary usage of River Severn

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Matthew Paris's English History: From the Year 1235 to 1273 by Matthew Paris, John Allen Giles (1853)
"He also determined to build a castle there on the river Severn. Of the miracle worked by the arm of St. Edmund the Confessor. In this same year, ..."

2. The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted: To by Frederick Stroud (1903)
"Where the Secretary of State's Certificate defined the Severn Fishery District as " so much of the River Severn and of the Rivers ..."

3. The Weekly Reporter by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain. Privy Council, Great Britain. Supreme Court of Judicature (1893)
"It is admitted that if that portion of the River Vyrnwy which forms this reservoir is not a tributary of the River Severn it is not within the jurisdiction ..."

4. Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science by George Woodyatt Hastings (1858)
"Some Remarks on the River Severn, in relation to the Pollution of its Stream by the Drainage of the Towns situated on its Banks. By Sir CHARLES HASTINGS, ..."

5. The Law Journal Reports: New Series (1882)
"B;/ certificate of the Secretary of Stute, the Severn Fie/ter y District was defined to be " во much of the river Severn and of the rivers V. and T., ..."

6. Van Nostrand's Engineering Magazine (1882)
"... with the exception of Iceland, which ' s 72000, and Greenland 10000. AN extensive landslip has occurred on the side of the river Severn, at Broseley. ..."

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