Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DE-TRI'TUS
DE-TRI'TUS, n. [L. detritus, worn; detero, to wear.]
In geology, a mass of substances worn off or detached from solid bodies by attrition; as, diluvial detritus. Disintegrated materials of rocks. – Buckland.
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