1. “The newskin opened the canteen and began pouring the water straight into his head. It trickled down his scalp in ineffectual rivulets, soaking his doublet.”(Hartman 22)
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3. Small stream, as in a river
4. A small stream (!) ; streamlet; brook
5. Stream, brook, channel
6. A bridge crosses the rivulet, so loose it almost dips into the water.
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