[a. F. fluvial, ad. L. fluviālis, f. fluvius river.] Of or pertaining to a river or rivers; found or living in a river.
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., XIX. lxv. (1495), 901. Yf fluuyall stones ben hette fyry hote and thenne quenchyd therin.
1599. A. M., trans. Gabelhouer’s Bk. Physicke, 33/2. Superinfunde heereon iij. pintes of fluvial water, occlude the pot close, and agglutinate the same.
1775. Romans, Hist. Florida, 316. Kept only Mr. Dow, and my servant, to be the companions of this fluvial expedition; while we staid here we caught some beavers.
1867. J. B. Rose, trans. The Æneis of Virgil, VII. 148.
| Tellus, primeval power, and—yet unknown, | |
| The fluvial nymphs, Nox, and the starry Zone. |
1875. Wond. Phys. World, I. i. 39. The overflow and descent of fluvial ice frequently causes great disasters.
