Tributary definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary TRIB'UTARY, a. [from tribute ... the purpose of purchasing peace. The republic of Ragusa is tributary to the grand seignor. Many of the powers of Europe are tributary to the Barbary states. 1. Subject; subordinate. He, to grace his tributary gods-- 2. Paid in tribute. No flatt'ry tunes these tributary lays. 3. Yielding supplies of any thing. The Ohio has many large tributary streams; and is itself tributary to the Mississippi. TRIB' ...
... a branch that flows into the main stream [syn: feeder, tributary, confluent, affluent] [ant: distributary] Merriam Webster's I. adjective Etymology ... see rich • affluently adverb II. noun Date: 1828 1. a tributary stream 2. an affluent person Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. & n ... rich. 2 abundant. 3 flowing freely or copiously. --n. a tributary stream. Phrases and idioms: affluent society a society in which ... flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Affluent Af"flu*ent, a ... plenteous, bounteous, abounding. 2. Opulent, wealthy, rich, moneyed. II. n. Tributary, feeder, branch, confluent. Moby Thesaurus abounding, abounding in riches, abundant ...
... a branch that flows into the main stream [syn: feeder, tributary, confluent, affluent] [ant: distributary] 4: a machine that automatically provides ... fattening 3. a. one that supplies, replenishes, or connects b. tributary 2 c. a heavy wire conductor supplying electricity at some ... bottle. 4 Brit. a bib for an infant. 5 a tributary stream. 6 a branch road, railway line, etc., linking outlying ... A stream that flows into another body of water; a tributary; specifically (Hydraulic Engin.), a water course which supplies a canal ... terminus, theatrical, thespian, title role, track, tram, tramline, trencherman, trestle, tributary, trolley line, trouper, trunk, trunk line, tube, turnout, underground, utility ...
... 1) a stream that flows into another usually larger stream ; tributary (2) Southern & Midland creek 2 b. a side road or ... Webster's 1913 Dictionary Branch Branch, a. Diverging from, or tributary to, a main stock, line, way, theme, etc.; as, a ... part. 3. Section, department, subdivision, part, portion, article, member. 4. Tributary, affluent, tributary stream. 5. Derivative line, cognate line, member of a stock ... ticket office, title, track, tram, tramline, transect, trend, trestle, tribe, tributary, trident, trifurcate, trolley line, trunk, trunk line, tube, turn, turn ...
... material which was brought down into the valley by the tributary mountain streams descending from each side, while the water stood ... old lake bed has also been much dissected by the tributary streams which come in from either side, they having cut ... to avoid the abrupt descent into the channels of the tributary streams, which are deepest near their mouths. Another natural consequence ...
... stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer" [syn ... a natural stream of water normally smaller than and often tributary to a river 3. archaic a narrow or winding passage ... coast or in a river-bank. 2 esp. US a tributary of a river; a stream. 3 Austral. & NZ a stream ...
... uneventful life of a willing vassal, contented to count as tributary king in an illustrious world-empire, hospitable to all its ... A. Smith, Jerusalem, II, 182) both represent him in this tributary light. His journey to Babylon mentioned in 2Ch 33:11 ... civilization (compare Isa 2:6-8), was drawing all the tributary lands, Judah with the rest, into its almost irresistible sweep ...
... of the sediment brought in by the river and three tributary mountain torrents. Its continued existence is evidence of the limited ... joined by Wady Zerka (the brook Jabbok), the second largest tributary, separating Ammon from Gilead, its upper tributaries flowing past Ammon ... this point they are much dissected by the erosion of tributary streams. Still, nearly everywhere, an extended view brings to light ...
... washed upon its shores and found in some of the tributary wadies. I. Present Area. The length of the lake from ... the amount of water brought into the valley by the tributary streams. The present area of the sea is, in round ... shore, but they have evidently been brought in by the tributary fresh-water streams, or belong to species which live in ...
... 1. a creek, secondary watercourse, or minor river that is tributary to another body of water 2. any of various usually ... a creek, secondary watercourse, or minor river that is a tributary of another river or channel. It may occur in the ... harbor, prong, reach, road, roads, roadstead, slough, sound, strait, straits, tributary
... F. subsidiaire. See Subsidy.] 1. Furnishing aid; assisting; auxiliary; helping; tributary; especially, aiding in an inferior position or capacity; as, a ... subordinate to, subservient, superadded, superaddition, superfluous, supervenient, supplement, supplemental, supplementary, tributary, unessential
... ships of Arvad. Asshur-nazir-pal (circa 876) made it tributary, but it revolted and we find 200 men of Arvad ... the king of Arvad was Mattan Baal. It was afterward tributary to Tiglath-pileser III and Sennacherib, the king who paid ...
... 27:5). After submitting to Tiglath-pileser they were generally tributary to Assyria, but we have mention of their joining In ... place under Sennacherib; but they submitted and we find them tributary in the reign of Esarhaddon. Their hostility to Judah is ...
... Date: 1859 1. something that flows in: as a. a tributary stream b. fluid input into a reservoir or process 2 ... Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. & n. --adj. flowing in. --n. a tributary stream. Etymology: ME f. L (as INFLUENCE) Webster's 1913 ...
... of Israel with a large host, in which were 32 tributary kings, and horses and chariots. He had penetrated as far ... At Ramoth-Gilead Benhadad is not said to have 32 tributary kings in his train, but 32 military commanders who have ...