Weser
a river in Germany, flowing N from S Lower Saxony into the North Sea. About 300 miles (485 km) long.
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How to use Weser in a sentence
The Weser estuary was on my starboard hand, but the whole place was a lee-shore and a mass of unknown banks—just look at them.
The Riddle of the Sands | Erskine ChildersIt will be seen that the three broad fairways of the Jade, Weser, and Elbe split up the sands into two main groups.
The Riddle of the Sands | Erskine ChildersThat's the flood tide coming up—from the west, mind you; that is, from the Weser side.
The Riddle of the Sands | Erskine ChildersNothing now left at home to hinder us and our Hanover and Weser Problem!
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XVIII. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleTilly pursued his victory, made himself master of the Weser and Brunswick, and forced the king to retire into Bremen.
The Thirty Years War, Complete | Friedrich Schiller
British Dictionary definitions for Weser
/ (German ˈveːzər) /
a river in NW Germany: flows northwest to the North Sea at Bremerhaven and is linked by the Mittelland Canal to the Ems, Rhine, and Elbe waterways. Length: 477 km (196 miles)
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