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rivulet


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rivulet  \Riv"u*let\,  n.  [Earlier  rivolet,  It  rivoletto  a  dim. 
  fr  rivolo  L.  rivulus,  dim.  of  rivus  a  brook.  CF  {Rival}, 
  {Rite}.] 
  A  small  stream  or  brook;  a  streamlet. 
 
  By  fountain  or  by  shady  rivulet  He  sought  them 
  --Milton. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rivulet 
  n  :  a  small  stream  [syn:  {rill},  {run},  {runnel},  {streamlet}] 




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