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Definition of James river
1. Noun. A river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads.
Group relationships: Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, Va, Virginia
Generic synonyms: River
2. Noun. A river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward across South Dakota to the Missouri.
Group relationships: Nd, North Dakota, Peace Garden State, Coyote State, Mount Rushmore State, Sd, South Dakota
Generic synonyms: River
Lexicographical Neighbors of James River
Literary usage of James river
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1914)
"That stream heads close to the james river and the divide between is not over 30
feet higher than the latter. The Wild Rice descends 300 feet in 60 miles ..."
2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"The advance corps reached james river, at Wilcox's landing and Charles City
Courthouse, on the night of the thirteenth. It produced a morale which could ..."
3. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia: Extracted from the by Lyman Chalkley, Mary Smith Lockwood (1912)
"... 13th May, 1750, he, with Edward Hogan and James McDowell, being at the house
of James Greenlee, went over the main branch of james river in a canoe to a ..."
4. Life and Public Services of Edwin M. Stanton by George Congdon Gorham (1899)
"... if he felt disposed to change his hase to the james river:— We are on board
the steamer homeward bound, haying just returned from Norfolk. ..."
5. History of the Confederate States Navy from Its Organization to the by John Thomas Scharf (1886)
"Lee suggested to Rains the employment of torpedoes in the james river. ...
torpedoes.but also to having established the system upon the james river. Capt. ..."
6. Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benj. F. Butler by Benjamin Franklin Butler (1892)
"N August we had a small holding on the north side of the james river at a point
known as Deep Bottom. General Grant wanted to get north of the James still ..."
7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1914)
"That stream heads close to the james river and the divide between is not over 30
feet higher than the latter. The Wild Rice descends 300 feet in 60 miles ..."
8. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"The advance corps reached james river, at Wilcox's landing and Charles City
Courthouse, on the night of the thirteenth. It produced a morale which could ..."
9. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia: Extracted from the by Lyman Chalkley, Mary Smith Lockwood (1912)
"... 13th May, 1750, he, with Edward Hogan and James McDowell, being at the house
of James Greenlee, went over the main branch of james river in a canoe to a ..."
10. Life and Public Services of Edwin M. Stanton by George Congdon Gorham (1899)
"... if he felt disposed to change his hase to the james river:— We are on board
the steamer homeward bound, haying just returned from Norfolk. ..."
11. History of the Confederate States Navy from Its Organization to the by John Thomas Scharf (1886)
"Lee suggested to Rains the employment of torpedoes in the james river. ...
torpedoes.but also to having established the system upon the james river. Capt. ..."
12. Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benj. F. Butler by Benjamin Franklin Butler (1892)
"N August we had a small holding on the north side of the james river at a point
known as Deep Bottom. General Grant wanted to get north of the James still ..."
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