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Definition of Riveret
1. n. A rivulet.
Definition of Riveret
1. Noun. (obsolete) A rivulet. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Riveret
1. a small river [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Riveret
Literary usage of Riveret
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Caledonia: Or, A Historical and Topographical Account of North Britain, from by George Chalmers (1889)
"In a rapid course of ten miles through the mountainous tract of Tweedsmuir the
rivulet Tweed becomes a considerable riveret by receiving the sister streams ..."
2. Indian Deeds of Hampden County: Being Copies of All Land Transfers from the by Harry Andrew Wright (1905)
"... hereafter mentioned: And therefore the South bounde thereof is the riveret
called by the Indians Asnuntuck (& by the English Called fresh water River, ..."
3. Documentary History of Suffield: In the Colony and Province of the by Hezekiah Spencer Sheldon (1879)
"... viz': Windsor riveret; ran through a little meadow, marked severall trees in
the range before & some at the meadow & one where a brooke runs into the ..."
4. A Historical Discourse, Delivered Before the Connecticut Historical Society by Thomas Day, Connecticut Historical Society (1844)
"Q The word "riveret," the diminutive of river, is here appropriately and beautifully
used to distinguish this stream from Connecticut river. ..."
5. History of Billerica, Massachusetts by Henry Allen Hazen (1883)
"... not only belowe, but also above the riveret wch falls into said ryver in ...
could be held to begin at the point where this riveret comes in, ..."
6. The Round Table: Northcote's Conversations. Characteristics by William Hazlitt (1881)
"He replied, it was not to be found in Johnson ; the word was " riveret" there.
I thought this must be in some of the new editions; Dr. Johnson would have ..."
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