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riveret Now rare or Obs.|ˈrɪvərɪt|
[ad. OF. riverete, riv(i)erette (F. rivièrette): see river n.1 and -et1.]
1. A small river or stream; a rivulet, rill, or brook. (Common c 1600–1660; now rare.)
1538Leland Itin. (1768) I. 106 The Castelle of Nottingham stondith on a rokky Hille.., and Line Riveret goith by the Rootes of it. 1577Harrison England ii. i, Caue..which is no great water nor quick streame.., and yet is it a prety riueret. 1600Holland Livy Pref. p. vi, A little rill, which..is maintained with fresh springs and new riverets. 1633Gerard Descr. Somerset (1900) 1 On the utmost edge of this County Ore a little riverett gusheth out under a large Oak. 1670Denton Desc. N. York (1845) 5 The South-side is not without Brooks and Riverets, which empty them⁓selves into the Sea. 1807G. Chalmers Caledonia I. i. i. 46 Waters..such as form pools, in their course like the riverets above mentioned.
transf.1594? Greene Selimus Wks. (Grosart) XIV. 242 The channels run like riuerets of blood.
fig.c1616S. Ward Coal from Altar (1627) 28 May not he iustly disdaine, that the lest Riueret should be drained another way? 1623Lisle ælfric on O. & N. Test. To Rdr. 22 So much better they thought it for men to draw..religion from the Lord's fountaine, than from creekes and riuerets of men. 1641Hinde J. Bruen lxii. 209 Being as it were broken open by afflictions, the riverets of grace and truth did issue out amayne.
2. transf. A surface vein. Also attrib.
1603Drayton Bar. Wars vi. lvi, Her fair breasts..Whose violet veins in branched riverets flow. 1658W. Sanderson Graphice 42 A fair breast,..interlaced with Riveret-azur-veines.
b. A small blood-vessel.
1615Crooke Body of Man 172 If onely the riuerets or channels of the Hollow-vein did containe Alimentary blood. Ibid. 254 From the same braunch of the Hypogastricall Veine come small riuerets to the bladder. |