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Definition of Rivery
1. a. Having rivers; as, a rivery country.
Definition of Rivery
1. Adjective. Having rivers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rivery
1. like a river [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rivery
Literary usage of Rivery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Century of the English Book Trade: Short Notices of All Printers by Edward Gordon Duff (1905)
"rivery (JEAN), printer in Geneva, commenced business with his brother Adam by
printing a French Bible in 1553. ..."
2. Constantinople by Edwin Augustus Grosvenor (1895)
"Her maiden name was Aimee Dubuc de rivery, and she was companion in ...
Mademoiselle de rivery, on completion of her education in a convent at Nantes, ..."
3. Undiscovered Russia by Stephen Graham (1912)
"On the rivery, the rivery On that little shorey, Darling Mary was washing Her
white little feet. And over her head The grey geese were flying : Oh birdies, ..."
4. Bibliotheca Wiffeniana: Spanish Reformers of Two Centuries from 1520. Their by Edward Boehmer, Benjamin Barron Wiffen (1883)
"... durant à toujours, imprimé a Geneve par Adam & Jehan rivery, 1550. Dufour does
not know whether this is the same work as the above grans pardons. ..."
5. Printers' Marks: A Chapter in the History of Typography by William Roberts (1893)
"J. rivery. Jean rivery, Geneva, 1556-64, is distinct of its kind, and is the
smaller of the two examples used by this printer ; in the larger one, ..."
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