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creek
n. a small river, a brook, a branch ofa river. «An application of the word entirely unknown in Grea...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
A small river or brook. In New York, the Western States, and in Canada, a small stream is called a creek; in New England it is called a brook. The term is incorrectly applied; as its original signification, according to the dictionaries, is a small port, a bay or cove; from which it has gradually been extended to small rivers. In New England, the old English sense of the word is retained.
n. a small river, a brook, a branch ofa river. «An application of the word entirely unknown in Grea...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris