See Also: Yser River(encyclopedia)
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Red River(dictionary)
Vah River(encyclopedia)
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Forth, River(encyclopedia)
Min River(encyclopedia)
down-river(dictionary)
river(1)(dictionary)
river(2)(dictionary)

mishandle (iou) and Yser River (sh)


mishandle (iou)



mishandle verb trans. LME.
[from MIS-1 1 + HANDLE verb1.]
Handle or treat badly, wrongly, or roughly; maltreat.
S. Weyman Solomon is old, and they may mishandle him. Atlantic Monthly The..construction involved is so commonly mishandled in current American speech and print. E. Pizzey He mishandled the cork. The champagne exploded over the table.

Yser River (sh)




River, northern France and Belgium.

Rising in northern France, it flows through western Belgium and enters the North Sea near Nieuwpoort after a course of 48 mi (77 km). Its estuary was probably as far inland as Loo into the 10th century, but gradual land reclamation has since reduced it to a narrow tidal creek. During World War I (1914) the German advance toward Calais and the English Channel coast was halted at the river when Nieuwpoort sluices were flooded; this checked the German advance and allowed the Allies to set up an impregnable position.