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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Alluvion \Al*lu"vi*on\, 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: alluvion n : gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment
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