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n. Alluvial soil; specif., in Australia, gold-bearing alluvial soil. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Cf. F. alluvial. See Alluvion. ] Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium; relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away from one place and deposited in another; as, alluvial soil, mud, accumulations, deposits. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An overflowing; an inundation; a flood. Lyell. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Matter deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing water; alluvium. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. alluvius. See Alluvion. ] Alluvial. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Alluviums, L. Alluvia [ L., neut. of alluvius. See Alluvious. ] (Geol.) Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas. Lyell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. ante- + diluvial. ] Before the flood, or Deluge, in Noah's time. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or relating to the period before the Deluge in Noah's time; hence, antiquated; as, an antediluvian vehicle. -- n. One who lived before the Deluge. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., a collection of washings, dregs, offscourings, fr. colluere to wash; col- + luere to wash. ] 1. A collection or gathering, as of pus, or rubbish, or odds and ends. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A medley; offscourings or rabble. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ L. ] (Arch.) A space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. diluvialis. fr. diluvium. ] 1. Of or pertaining to a flood or deluge, esp. to the great deluge in the days of Noah; diluvian. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) Effected or produced by a flood or deluge of water; -- said of coarse and imperfectly stratified deposits along ancient or existing water courses. Similar unstratified deposits were formed by the agency of ice. The time of deposition has been called the Diluvian epoch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who explains geological phenomena by the Noachian deluge. Lyell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. diluvien. ] Of or pertaining to a deluge, esp. to the Noachian deluge; diluvial; as, of diluvian origin. Buckland. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. diluviare. ] To run as a flood. [ Obs. ] Sir E. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Diluviums L. Diluvia [ L. diluvium. See Dilute, Deluge. ] (Geol.) A deposit of superficial loam, sand, gravel, stones, etc., caused by former action of flowing waters, or the melting of glacial ice. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The accumulation of matter by the ordinary operation of water is termed alluvium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being given off as an effluvium. “Effluviable matter.” Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to effluvia. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To give forth effluvium. [ R. ] “An effluviating power.” Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Effluvia [ L., a flowing out, fr. effluere to flow out. See Effluent, a. ] Subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by the sense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; as, the effluvium from diseased or putrefying bodies, or from ill drainage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fluvialis, from fluvius river, fr. fluere to flow: cf.F. fluvial. See Fluent. ] Belonging to rivers; growing or living in streams or ponds; as, a fluvial plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who exlpains geological phenomena by the action of streams. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fluviaticus. See Fluvial. ] Belonging to rivers or streams; fluviatile. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fluviatilis, fr. fluvius river: cf. F. fluviatile. ] Belonging to rivers or streams; existing in or about rivers; produced by river action; fluvial; as, fluviatile starta, plants. Lyell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. fluvius river + -graph. ] An instrument for measuring and recording automatically the rise and fall of a river. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. fluvius river + E. marine. ] (Geol.) Formed by the joint action of a river and the sea, as deposits at the mouths of rivers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. fluvius river + -meter. ] An instrument for measuring the height of water in a river; a river gauge. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ L., fr. impluere to rain into; pref. im- in + pluere to rain. ] (Arch.) In Roman dwellings, a cistern or tank, set in the atrium or peristyle to recieve the water from the roof, by means of the compluvium; generally made ornamental with flowers and works of art around its birm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the ingluvies or crop of birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] (Anat.) The crop, or craw, of birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Gluttonous. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A natural family including the louvars.
Syn. -- family Luvaridae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The type genus of the Luvaridae.
Syn. -- genus Luvarus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Pedi- + L. luere to wash: cf. It. & Sp. pediluvio, F. pédiluve. ] The bathing of the feet, a bath for the feet. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pluvialis, fr. pluvia rain: cf. F. pluvial. See Plover. ] 1. Of or pertaining to rain; rainy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) Produced by the action of rain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. pluviale a garment which keeps off the rain: cf. F. pluvial. ] A priest's cope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Pluviometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Pluviometrical. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The crocodile bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pluvia rain + -graph. ] A self-registering rain gauge. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. pluvia rain + -graphy. ] The branch of meteorology treating of the automatic registration of the precipitation of rain, snow, etc.; also, the graphic presentation of precipitation data. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. pluvia rain + -meter: cf. F. pluviomètre. ] An instrument for ascertaining the amount of rainfall at any place in a given time; a rain gauge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. pluviométrique. ] Of or pertaining to a pluviometer; determined by a pluviometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pluvia rain + -metry. ] That branch of meteorology that treats of the measurement of the precipitation of rain, snow, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. pluvia rain + -scope. ] A rain gauge. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F. See Pluvious. ] The fifth month of the French republican calendar adopted in 1793. It began January 20, and ended February 18. See Vendémiaire. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pluviosus, pluvius, fr. pluvia rain: cf. F. pluvieux. See Pluvial, a. ] Abounding in rain; rainy; pluvial. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. post- + diluvial, diluvian. ] Being or happening after the flood in Noah's days. [ 1913 Webster ]