Rivulet

  • 91runlet — n stream, brook, streamlet, brooklet, creek, rivulet, rill. See rivulet …

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  • 92arise — [OE] Arise is a compound verb with cognate forms in many other Germanic languages (Gothic, for instance, had urreisan). The prefix a originally meant ‘away, out’, and hence was used as an intensive; rise comes from an unidentified Germanic source …

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  • 93rigolet — |rigə|let noun ( s) Etymology: American French (Mississippi Valley), diminutive of French rigole drain, irrigation ditch, canal, from Old French regol South : a small stream : creek, rivulet * * * /rig euh let /, n. Southern U.S …

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  • 94rivularia — ˌrivyəˈla(a)rēə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin rivulus rivulet + New Latin aria more at rivulet : a genus (the type of the family Rivulariac …

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  • 95Arroyo — Ar*roy o, n.; pl. {Arroyos}. [Sp., fr. LL. arrogium; cf. Gr. ? river, stream, fr. ? to flow.] 1. A water course; a rivulet. [1913 Webster] 2. The dry bed of a small stream. [Western U. S.] [1913 Webster] || …

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  • 96Arroyos — Arroyo Ar*roy o, n.; pl. {Arroyos}. [Sp., fr. LL. arrogium; cf. Gr. ? river, stream, fr. ? to flow.] 1. A water course; a rivulet. [1913 Webster] 2. The dry bed of a small stream. [Western U. S.] [1913 Webster] || …

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  • 97Bourn — Bourn, Bourne Bourne, n. [OE. burne, borne, AS. burna; akin to OS. brunno spring, G. born, brunnen, OHG. prunno, Goth. brunna, Icel. brunnr, and perh. to Gr. ?. The root is prob. that of burn, v., because the source of a stream seems to issue… …

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  • 98Bourne — Bourn Bourn, Bourne Bourne, n. [OE. burne, borne, AS. burna; akin to OS. brunno spring, G. born, brunnen, OHG. prunno, Goth. brunna, Icel. brunnr, and perh. to Gr. ?. The root is prob. that of burn, v., because the source of a stream seems to… …

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  • 99By — (b[imac]), prep. [OE. bi, AS. b[=i], big, near to, by, of, from, after, according to; akin to OS. & OFries. bi, be, D. bij, OHG. b[=i], G. bei, Goth. bi, and perh. Gr. amfi . E. prefix be is orig. the same word. [root]203. See pref. {Be }.] 1. In …

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  • 100By all means — By By (b[imac]), prep. [OE. bi, AS. b[=i], big, near to, by, of, from, after, according to; akin to OS. & OFries. bi, be, D. bij, OHG. b[=i], G. bei, Goth. bi, and perh. Gr. amfi . E. prefix be is orig. the same word. [root]203. See pref. {Be }.] …

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