rivel

[ riv-uh l ]

/ ˈrɪv əl /

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noun Chiefly Western Canada.

a very small dumpling made of a batter of butter, egg, flour, and seasoning, cooked in broth.

RELATED WORDS

rim, hill, pleat, corrugation, elevation, parapet, ruck, spine, backbone, pole, crease, fold, range, seam, crinkle, plica, wrinkle, rib, furrow, hogback

Nearby words

rival, rivalrous, rivalry, rivals, the, rive, rivel, riven, river, river basin, river birch, river blindness

Origin of rivel

origin uncertain

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Her wings were clogged with 'gums and pomatums,' and her 'thin essence' had shrunk 'like a rivel'd flower.'
Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.)|Leslie Stephen