rhine

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See also: Rhine

English

Alternative forms

rean

Etymology

From Old English ryne. See run.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɹaɪn/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -aɪn

Noun

rhine (plural rhines)

(UK, dialect) A watercourse; a ditch for water.
- 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:
  the Black Ditch and the Langmoor Rhine
A running waterway that links a ditch or stream to a river.

References

“rhine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

Hiner, Hiren, rhein

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