rivage (plural rivages)
(now rare, poetic) A coast, a shore.
(legal, UK, historical) A duty paid to the crown for the passage of vessels on certain rivers.
• Argive, virgae
Source: Wiktionary
Riv"age, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. ripa bank, shore.]
1. A bank, shore, or coast. [Archaic] Spenser. From the green rivage many a fall Of diamond rillets musical. Tennyson.
2. (O.Eng.Law)
Definition: A duty paid to the crown for the passage of vessels on certain rivers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
