Creek
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In maritime law
Such little inlets of the sea, whether within the precinct or extent of a port or without, as are narrow passages, and have shore on either side of them.
Call. Sew. 56.
A small stream less than a river
Baker v. City of Boston, 12 Pick. 184, 22 Am. Dec. 421 The term imports a recess, cove, bay, or Inlet in the shore of a rivor, and not a separate or independent stream; thongh it is sometimes used in the latter meaning.
Schermerhorn v. Railroad Co., 38 N. Y. 103.