v. i. To be split or rent asunder. [ 1913 Webster ]
Freestone rives, splits, and breaks in any direction. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
I shall ryve him through the sides twain. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
The scolding winds have rived the knotty oaks. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Brutus hath rived my heart. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A place torn; a rent; a rift. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A wrinkle; a rimple. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
p. p. & a. from Rive. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. rivère a river, LL. riparia river, bank of a river, fr. L. riparius belonging to a bank or shore, fr. ripa a bank or shore; of uncertain origin. Cf. Arrive, Riparian. ]
Transparent and sparkling rivers, from which it is delightful to drink as they flow. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
River chub (Zool.),
River crab (Zool.),
River dragon,
River driver,
River duck (Zool.),
River god,
River herring (Zool.),
River hog. (Zool.)
River horse (Zool.),
River jack (Zool.),
River limpet (Zool.),
River pirate (Zool.),
River snail (Zool.),
River tortoise (Zool.),
v. i. To hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks at river fowl. [ Obs. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who rives or splits. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Supplied with rivers;