Alluvion : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Alluvion	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alluvion n gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations" Synonym(s): flood, inundation, deluge, alluvion clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down Synonym(s): alluvial sediment, alluvial deposit, alluvium, alluvion
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alluvion \Allu"vion\, n. [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}.