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Diluvium   Listen
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Diluvium  n.  (pl. E. diluviums, L. diluvia)  (Geol.) A deposit of superficial loam, sand, gravel, stones, etc., caused by former action of flowing waters, or the melting of glacial ice. Note: The accumulation of matter by the ordinary operation of water is termed alluvium.






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... four years ago. He and DICK MIDDLETONGUE of Natchez (who carved the Butcher's Daughter at Florence, and who is now a Secesh major), came down with their cheese knives, evidently intending to carve me. Such language you never heard, such a diluvium of profanity, such double-shotted d—ns! I drew my pistol at once, and gave Dick a blizzard. The ball went through his ear—the red pepper took his eyes, while Jim received the shot in his hat, and with it the sweet oil. In this sweet state of affairs, CHARLEY ...
— Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy • Various



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