Lexic.us

Definition of River Avon

1. Noun. A river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn.

2. Noun. A river in central England that flows through Stratford-on-Avon and empties into the Severn.

Lexicographical Neighbors of River Avon

Rittenhouse Rittenhouse-Manogian procedure Ritter's law Ritter's opening tetanus Ritter-Rollet phenomenon Ritual Decalogue Ritz Ritz's combination principle Riva-Rocci sphygmomanometer Rivas

Rivea corymbosa River Acheron River Adige River Aire River Arno River Avon (current term) River Cam River Cocytus River Kasai River Lethe

River Plate River Severn River Styx River Thames River Trent River Tyne Rivera Rivero-Carvallo effect Rivers' cocktail Riverside

Literary usage of River Avon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1876)
"On the River Avon (Bristol) : its Drainage-Area, Tidal Phenomena, and Dock Works. By THOMAS HOWARD, M.Inst.CE [A communication ordered by the General ..."

2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1817)
"River Avon. For his heart was as gentle, as keen was And one ... look on his likeness again, River Avon. The utmost I ask, is to dwell on thy When my sight ..."

3. Lectures, Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the World's Famous by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"Leaving this bond of union between England and America, I strolled beside the river Avon, which, like a silver ribbon, threads its way for miles between ..."

4. The Great Ice Age and Its Relation to the Antiquity of Man by James Geikie (1894)
"Diagrammatic section across preglacial course of the River Avon, Larkhall, Lanarkshire, t, lower till; t-, upper till. borings prove the existence of two ..."

5. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"Leaving this bond of union between England and America, I strolled beside the river Avon, which, like a silver ribbon, threads its way for miles between ..."

6. Court-hand Restored: Or, The Student's Assistant in Reading Old Deeds by Andrew Wright, Charles Trice Martin (1879)
"Ave—River Avon, or Avin, in NB Avena Flu.—Avon, in Wiltshire. ... Avinus—The River Avon or Avin, Scotland. Avona Flu.—River Avon. Avona—R. Nen, Northants. ..."

7. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Richard Vaughan Barnewall, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Edward Hall Alderson, William Selwyn (1820)
"... widow, of that part of the navigation of the river Avon called the " Lower Navigation," which runs through the counties of Worcester and Gloucester, ..."

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