01 n. Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.
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Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.
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An overflowing; an inundation; a flood.
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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.
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An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion.(Law) See: Accretion