rivery
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
rivery (comparative more rivery, superlative most rivery)
- Having rivers.
- a rivery country
- Resembling or characteristic of a river; riverlike.
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 10 p. 159:
- Thy full and youthfull breasts, which in their meadowy pride,
Are brancht with rivery veines, Meander-like that glide.
References[edit]
- “rivery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Yola[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from Middle English ryver (“spoiler”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rivery
- Sported or freak grains which spoil the produce.
References[edit]
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 135