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Definition of River Trent
1. Noun. A river in central England that flows generally northeastward to join with the Ouse River and form the Humber.
Lexicographical Neighbors of River Trent
Literary usage of River Trent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Canada and the Canadians, in 1846 by Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle (1846)
"... to English—Prices of Fanning Implements and Stock—Prices of Produce—Local and
Municipal Administration—Courts of Law—Excursion to the River Trent—Bay of ..."
2. The Remains of Henry Kirke White, of Nottingham, Late of St. John's College by Henry Kirke White, Robert Southey (1823)
"ELEGY Occasioned by the death of Mr. Gill, who was drowned in the River Trent,
while bathing, 9th August, 1802. 1. He sunk—th' impetuous river roll'd along, ..."
3. The Conquest of Canada by George Warburton (1849)
"The Marmora Iron Works, about thirty-two miles north of the bay of Quinte, on
the river Trent, are situated, on an extensive white rocky flat, ..."
4. The Statutes at Large from the Magna Charta, to the End of the Eleventh by Great Britain (1807)
"Weir or dam at Soar Mouth Shoal not to exceed eighteen inches in height. Weir or
dam to be extended to the bounds of the river Trent. ..."
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