Definition for AL-LU'VI-AL

AL-LU'VI-AL, a. [See Alluvion.]

  1. Pertaining to alluvion; added to land by the wash of water.
  2. Washed ashore or down a stream; formed by a current of water; as, alluvial ores; alluvial soil. Kirwan.

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