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Excuse me, hundreds would be wildly exaggerating the number, but there are some good ones and I don't see reason not to use "river" as an adjective.
Here are some of the book examples:
Garth when he came home from a day on the river. Faith, the eyes of both were river eyes, green, flitting over golden shallows, flowing over bottomless ...
Through his river eyes flowed warm currents of gratitude. Clasping his precious manuscript in slender hands, he smiled and bowed, bowed and smiled his
... with silver and her lower lip was bleeding her river eyes were flooded with tears. ...
I had to look twice because she was dressed in dirty sacking, sparkling with frost, and all I could see were her large, river eyes and one fair curl. ...
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 41 mins (2007-01-19 17:18:19 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
Excuse me, hundreds would be wildly exaggerating the number, but there are some good ones and I don't see reason not to use "river" as an adjective.
Here are some of the book examples:
Garth when he came home from a day on the river. Faith, the eyes of both were river eyes, green, flitting over golden shallows, flowing over bottomless ...
Through his river eyes flowed warm currents of gratitude. Clasping his precious manuscript in slender hands, he smiled and bowed, bowed and smiled his
... with silver and her lower lip was bleeding her river eyes were flooded with tears. ...
I had to look twice because she was dressed in dirty sacking, sparkling with frost, and all I could see were her large, river eyes and one fair curl. ...
Henry Schroeder United States Local time: 08:18 Specializes in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 88
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Millay Hyatt is never wrong.
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limpid eyes
Explanation: I have to admit, I have NO idea what the author is trying to say with this term. However, don't we use limpid for this water reference in English:
lim·pid /ˈlɪmpɪd/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[lim-pid] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective
1. clear, transparent, or pellucid, as water, crystal, or air: We could see to the very bottom of the limpid pond.
2. free from obscurity; lucid; clear: a limpid style; limpid prose.
3. completely calm; without distress or worry: a limpid, emotionless existence.
The translation workplace 
