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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
River \Riv"er\, noun One who rives or splits.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
River \Riv"er\, noun [F. riv['e]re a river, LL. riparia river, bank of a river, fr. L. riparius belonging to a bank or shore, fr. ripa a bank or shore; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Arrive}, {Riparian}.]
1. A large stream of water flowing in a bed or channel and emptying into the ocean, a sea, a lake, or another stream; a stream larger than a rivulet or brook.
Transparent and sparkling rivers, from which it is delightful to drink as they flow. --Macaulay.
2. Fig.: A large stream; copious flow; abundance; as, rivers of blood; rivers of oil.
{River chub} (Zool.), the hornyhead and allied species of fresh-water fishes.
{River crab} (Zool.), any species of fresh-water crabs of the genus {Thelphusa}, as {Thelphusa depressa} of Southern Europe.
{River dragon}, a crocodile; -- applied by Milton to the king of Egypt.
{River driver}, a lumberman who drives or conducts logs down rivers. --Bartlett.
{River duck} (Zool.), any species of duck belonging to {Anas}, {Spatula}, and allied genera, in which the hind toe is destitute of a membranous lobe, as in the mallard and pintail; -- opposed to sea duck.
{River god}, a deity supposed to preside over a river as its tutelary divinity.
{River herring} (Zool.), an alewife.
{River hog}. (Zool.) (a) Any species of African wild hogs of the genus {Potamoch[oe]rus}. They frequent wet places along the rivers. (b) The capybara.
{River horse} (Zool.), the hippopotamus.
{River jack} (Zool.), an African puff adder ({Clotho nasicornis}) having a spine on the nose.
{River limpet} (Zool.), a fresh-water, air-breathing mollusk of the genus {Ancylus}, having a limpet-shaped shell.
{River pirate} (Zool.), the pike.
{River snail} (Zool.), any species of fresh-water gastropods of {Paludina}, {Melontho}, and allied genera. See {Pond snail}, under {Pond}.
{River tortoise} (Zool.), any one of numerous fresh-water tortoises inhabiting rivers, especially those of the genus {Trionyx} and allied genera. See {Trionyx}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
River \Riv"er\, verb (used without an object) To hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks at river fowl. [Obs.] --Halliwell.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noun
1: a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles"
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