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Alluvion, al-lū′vi-un, n. land gained from the sea by the washing up of sand and earth.
The 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 COOPER
Further 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. PECK
The 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. PECK
Immediately 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. PECK
Surface various; along the river and creeks, low alluvion; soil, loam mixed with sand.
A NEW GUIDE FOR EMIGRANTS TO THE WESTJ. M. PECK
The American bottom adjacent to the Mississippi is rich alluvion, and divided into timber and prairie.
A NEW GUIDE FOR EMIGRANTS TO THE WESTJ. M. PECK
Rich alluvion along the Mississippi, with much excellent table land,—both timber and prairie interior.
A NEW GUIDE FOR EMIGRANTS TO THE WESTJ. M. PECK
Alluvion 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 OPPENHEIM
Frugality is an old fashioned virtue that is deeply covered with the alluvion of modern extravagance.
SAGES AND HEROES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONL. CARROLL JUDSON
WORDS RELATED TO ALLUVION
- accident
- adversity
- affliction
- alluvion
- bad luck
- bad news
- 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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