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单词 abluvion
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abluvionn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin ablūviōn-, ablūviō.
Etymology: < classical Latin ablūviōn-, ablūviō erosion < abluere to wash off or away (see abluent adj.) + -iō -ion suffix1. Compare earlier alluvion n.
U.S. Obsolete. rare.
The action or process of washing off or away; that which is washed off or away.
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1805 W. Wirt Lett. Brit. Spy (ed. 3) 21 In the constant abluvion [1803 alluvion] from the western coast of one continent, [he] has found a perennial source of materials for the eastern coast.
a1817 T. Dwight Trav. New-Eng. & N.-Y. (1821) II. 57 It cannot be wondered at that this process of alluvion, and abluvion, which has gone on ever since the deluge,..should produce even greater changes than these.
1822 Torch Light & Public Advertiser (Hagers-Town, Maryland) 12 Feb. (electronic text) Slow gradations of abluvion from one, and alluvion to another part of the earth.
1841 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Addenda 985/1 Abluvion, that which is washed off.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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