OS'TIARY, noun [Latin ostium, mouth.] The mouth or opening by which a river discharges its waters into the sea, or into a lake.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
OS'TIARY, noun [Latin ostium, mouth.] The mouth or opening by which a river discharges its waters into the sea, or into a lake.
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