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rhine en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ɹaɪn/

Etymology

From Old English ryne. See run.

Meanings

1. (UK, dialectal) A watercourse; a ditch for water.
   • the Black Ditch and the Langmoor Rhine 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
2. A running waterway that links a ditch or stream to a river.

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