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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
ALLU'VION,
Wash or flow of water against the shore or
bank.
An overflowing; an inundation; a flood.
Lyell. 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. An accession of land gradually
washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See
Accretion.
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