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headwater1535

A main or principal river. Obsolete. rare.

Sabbatical river1613

Sabbatical river: an imaginary river celebrated in Jewish legend, which was said to observe the Sabbath. Similarly Sabbatical pool: see quot. 1649.

salt river1659

A river which is tidal a considerable distance from its mouth. Obsolete.

tide-river1739

a tidal river.

river pirate1743

(a) a person who commits or practises piracy on a river; (b) = pirate, n. 6.

salmon river1753

artery1787

Chiefly U.S. A major river in a river system.

warp-river1799

a river depositing ‘warp’.

feeder1825

spec. ‘A water course which supplies a canal or reservoir by gravitation or natural flow’ (W.).

lost river1843

a river which disappears into the ground and re-emerges elsewhere.

banker1848

colloquial (Australian & New Zealand). A river swollen to the top of, or overflowing, its banks. Frequently in to run (also come down,etc.) a b

tidal river1877

a river which is affected by the tides for some distance from its mouth.

pirate1889

Physical Geography. A river, stream, etc., that captures the headwaters of another; also river pirate.

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