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burnlet

noun

Etymology

burn + -let

  1. derived from *bʰrenw-✻
  2. derived from *brinnaną✻
  3. borrowed from brinna
  4. inherited from burne
  5. formed as burnlet — “burn + -let”

Definitions

  1. A small burn (stream).

    • […] streams often mere burnlets, where a 3-lb. fish has barely room to turn [around].
    • [...] sky-reflecting pools like tarnished silver buckles, and winding burnlets that wandered down from the hills to join the broad loop of the river that flowed out through Mhoin Mhor to the sea.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA