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ˈriverside
Also river-side.
[f. river n.1 + side n.]
a. The side or bank of a river; the ground adjacent to, or stretching along, a river.
a1366Chaucer Rom. Rose 134 Tho gan I walke through the mede, Dounward ay in my pleying, The river-syde costeying. c1410Master of Game (MS. Digby 182) xii, Men shulde leed hem oute euery day..vpon a..hard path by a Ryuerside. c1480Henryson Mor. Fab., Frog & Mouse i, Ane litill mous come to ane reueir syde. c1500Melusine 361 The peple vpon the ryuere syde had grete meruayll & were al abasshed. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. 19 The ost lodged them in a wodde by a lytle ryuersyde. 1597Breton Wit's Trenchmour Wks. (Grosart) II. 7/1 Narcissus, or some of his kindred, had been so in loue with theyr owne shadowe, that hee could not goe from the Riuer side. 1611Bible Acts xvi. 13 On the Sabboth we went out of the citie by a riuer side. 1662J. Davies tr. Mandelslo's Trav. 35 He commonly lurks in the high grass on the river side. 1725Pope Odyss. x. 192 Casting on the river-side The bloody spear, his gather'd feet I ty'd. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1824) II. 182 This animal..seldom ventures from the river side. 1834Marryat P. Simple (1863) 160 We..walked along the river-side till we fell in with a small craft. 1865J. H. Ingraham Pillar of Fire (1872) 411 Instantly the woman..hurried to the river-side.
b. attrib., as riverside bathing, riverside inn, riverside sand, riverside situation, riverside villa, riverside village, etc.
1760G. Washington Diary 14 Apr. (1925) I. 153 Has 2 Pecks of sd. Earth and 1 of Riverside Sand. 1799Hull Advertiser 15 June 2/4 A warehouse..desirable for any purpose where a river-side situation is required. 1849J. Forbes Physician's Holiday (1850) 1 The river-side inns of Wales or Scotland. 1863Barry Dockyard Econ. 280 Mr. Stewart has now extensive river-side premises. 1889C. C. R. Up Season 277 A lawn, and a riverside villa. 1914W. Owen Let. 1 June (1967) 257 They went to visit some friends who lived in a riverside village. 1946Nature 31 Aug. 290/1 At the age of fourteen, he contracted severe rheumatic trouble, as a result of river-side bathing.
Hence riverˈsider.
1889C. C. R. Up Season 282 Few but will say Something kind of the old riversider. |