lakelet

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Upon the bosom of the blue lakelet, the fountain of thy life, I have launched my birchen boat; and yielding to thy current, have floated softly southward.

From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne

The third stream is but little more than a rivulet of a mile in length, has no clearly defined course, and is the outlet of a small pond or lakelet to the south-westward.

From Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier by Owens, John Algernon

In that early hour before the ripples had stirred the surface, this lakelet at the foot of the Half Dome was worthy of all its romantic fame.

From The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras by Fisher, Frederick Vining

The gallant little yacht charged the neck of ice like a living creature, hit it fair, cut right through, and scattered the fragments right and left as she sailed majestically into the lakelet beyond.

From The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

He believed himself utterly secure here, and thought no human being was likely to find this lakelet.

From The Girl From Tim's Place by Munn, Charles Clark