Part 334

<h1>Allusively</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al*lu"sive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Figuratively <mark>[Obs.]</mark>; by way of allusion; by implication, suggestion, or insinuation.</def>

<h1>Allusiveness</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al*lu"sive*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being allusive.</def>

<h1>Allusory</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al*lu"so*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Allusive.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Warburton.</i>

<h1>Alluvial</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al*lu"vi*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>alluvial</ets>. See <wf>Alluvion</wf>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium; relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away from one place and deposited in another; <as>as, <ex>alluvial</ex> soil, mud, accumulations, deposits</as>.</def>

<h1>Alluvion</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al*lu"vi*on</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>alluvion</ets>, L. <ets>alluvio</ets>, fr. <ets>alluere</ets> to wash against; <ets>ad + luere</ets>, equiv. to <ets>lavare</ets>, to wash. See <wf>Lave</wf>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An overflowing; an inundation; a flood.</def>

<i>Lyell.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Matter deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing water; alluvium.</def>

<blockquote>The golden <b>alluvions</b> 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. <i>R. Cobden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See <wf>Accretion</wf>.</def>

<h1>Alluvious</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al*lu"vi*ous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>alluvius</ets>. See <wf>Alluvion</wf>.]</ety> <def>Alluvial.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Alluvium</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al*lu"vi*um</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Alluviums</plw>, L. <plw>Alluvia</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., neut. of <ets>alluvius</ets>. See <wf>Alluvious</wf>.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas.</def>

<i>Lyell.</i>

<h1>Allwhere</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>All"where`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Everywhere.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<h1>Allwork</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>All"work`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Domestic or other work of all kinds; <as>as, a maid of <ex>allwork</ex>, that is, a general servant</as>.</def>

<h1>Ally</h1> <Xpage=42>

<hw>Al*ly"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Allied</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Allying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>alien</ets>, OF. <ets>alier</ets>, F. <ets>alier</ets>, fr. L. <ets>alligare</ets> to bind to; <ets>ad + ligare</ets> to bind. Cf. <er>Alligate</er>, <er>Alloy</er>, <er>Allay</er>, <er>Ligament</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy; -- often followed by <i>to</i> or <i>with</i>.</def>