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streamless, a.|ˈstriːmlɪs|
[f. stream n. + -less.]
a. Of water: Having no current.
b. Of a ditch or river-bed: Having no water.
c. Of a district: Having no streams.
1863Bates Nat. Amazons x. (1864) 288 The picturesque hilly country of the Tapajos, and its dark streamless waters. 1868Dilke Greater Brit. II. 33 The Murray in February is a streamless ditch. 1888A. H. Keane in Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 758/2 Such a bleak, arid, and almost streamless land. |