- (v.i.) To hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks at river fowl.
- (n.) A large stream of water flowing in a bed or channel and emptying into the ocean, a sea, a lake or another stream; a stream larger than a rivulet or brook.
- (n.) Fig.: A large stream; copious flow; abundance; as, rivers of blood; rivers of oil.
- (n.) One who rives or splits.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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