siltyadj.
/ˈsɪlti/, U.S. /ˈsɪlti/ Of the nature of, or resembling, silt; composed of, or containing, silt.
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silty1694
alluvious1731
alluvial1771
alluvian1794
warped1799
alluviated1810
sedimentous1869
silted1890
1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 84 Should I silently pass by and imprint no Remarks on their Silty Sands, and Silver Streams.
1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 290/2 The ground towards the Middlesex side being of a looser and more sandy and silty nature.
1847 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 8 i. 115 The land..consists of a good thick loam upon a porous silty subsoil.
1883 E. P. Ramsay Food Fishes New S. Wales 42 Depth of water from 6 to 9 feet, with oyster~shells and silty bottom.
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