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Alluvion, al-lū′vi-un, n. land gained from the sea by the washing up of sand and earth.
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 1 OF 4: A-D)VARIOUSThe whole party crowded to the spot where Uncas pointed out the impression of a moccasin in the moist alluvion.
THE LAST OF THE MOHICANSJAMES FENIMORE COOPERFurther down, abrupt cliffs and overhanging precipices are frequently seen at the termination of the river alluvion.
A NEW GUIDE FOR EMIGRANTS TO THE WESTJ. M. PECKThe cypress begins near the mouth of the Ohio and spreads through the alluvion portions of the Lower Valley.
A NEW GUIDE FOR EMIGRANTS TO THE WESTJ. M. PECKImmediately on the banks of the Ohio and other large rivers are strips of rich alluvion soil.
A NEW GUIDE FOR EMIGRANTS TO THE WESTJ. M. PECKSurface various; along the river and creeks, low alluvion; soil, loam mixed with sand.
A NEW GUIDE FOR EMIGRANTS TO THE WESTJ. M. PECKThe American bottom adjacent to the Mississippi is rich alluvion, and divided into timber and prairie.
A NEW GUIDE FOR EMIGRANTS TO THE WESTJ. M. PECKRich alluvion along the Mississippi, with much excellent table land,—both timber and prairie interior.
A NEW GUIDE FOR EMIGRANTS TO THE WESTJ. M. PECKAlluvion is the name for an accession of land washed up on the sea-shore or on a river-bank by the waters.
INTERNATIONAL LAW. A TREATISE. VOLUME I (OF 2)LASSA FRANCIS OPPENHEIMFrugality is an old fashioned virtue that is deeply covered with the alluvion of modern extravagance.
SAGES AND HEROES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONL. CARROLL JUDSONWORDS RELATED TO ALLUVION
- accident
- adversity
- affliction
- alluvion
- bad luck
- bad news
- bad thing
- blow
- calamity
- casualty
- cataclysm
- contretemps
- crash
- culmination
- curtains
- debacle
- denouement
- desolation
- devastation
- disaster
- emergency
- end
- failure
- fatality
- fiasco
- finale
- grief
- hardship
- havoc
- ill
- infliction
- meltdown
- misadventure
- mischance
- misery
- misfortune
- mishap
- reverse
- scourge
- stroke
- termination
- the worst
- tragedy
- trial
- trouble
- upshot
- waterloo
- wreck
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