rivel
[riv-uh l]
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,
- riven,
- river,
- river basin,
- river birch,
- river blindness
Origin of rivel
origin uncertain
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Examples from the Web for rivel
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