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Webster 1913 Edition


Alluvion

Al-lu′vi-on

,
Noun.
[F.
alluvion
, L.
alluvio
, fr.
alluere
to wash against;
ad
+
luere
, equiv. to
lavare
, to wash. See
Lave
.]
1.
Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.
2.
An overflowing; an inundation; a flood.
Lyell.
3.
Matter deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing water; alluvium.
The golden
alluvions
are there [in California and Australia] spread over a far wider space: they are found not only on the banks of rivers, and in their beds, but are scattered over the surface of vast plains.
R. Cobden.
4.
(Law)
An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See
Accretion
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Alluvion

ALLU'VION

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Definition 2024


alluvion

alluvion

English

Noun

alluvion (countable and uncountable, plural alluvions)

  1. (law) The increase in the area of land due to the deposition of sediment (alluvium) by a river.

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French

Noun

alluvion f (plural alluvions)

  1. (geology, especially in plural) alluvial deposits