riverhead

river n In Newfoundland usage [riverhead] denotes the mouth of a river (in English usage the source), at the place where it enters what again in New- foundland usage is indiscriminately and contradictorily called the head or bottom of a harbour. DNE-cit PRINTED ITEM GMS Sept 77 Used I and Sup Used I...

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Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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Summary:river n In Newfoundland usage [riverhead] denotes the mouth of a river (in English usage the source), at the place where it enters what again in New- foundland usage is indiscriminately and contradictorily called the head or bottom of a harbour. DNE-cit PRINTED ITEM GMS Sept 77 Used I and Sup Used I Used I The portion of the quotation in brackets is omitted from the dictionary.

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