rivulet : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rivulet	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for rivulet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rivulet n a small stream [syn: rivulet, rill, run, runnel, streamlet]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rivulet \Riv"ulet\, 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.