Severn
['sevən]
Definition
(noun.) a river in England and Wales flowing into the Bristol Channel; the longest river in Great Britain.
(noun.) a river in Ontario that flows northeast into Hudson Bay.
Inputed by Leonard--From WordNet
Examples
- Julia Severn, ma'am! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Among successful tunnels of this kind may be named the Mersey and Severn tunnels in England, opened in 1886, and the St. Clair tunnel between the United States and Canada. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It is Julia Severn, replied Miss Temple, very quietly. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The first arched iron bridge was over the Severn at Coalbrookdale, England, erected by Abraham Darby in 1777. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Edited by Linda