Alluvial mining
noun
a method of extracting minerals by dredging alluvial deposits
historical examples
several of the alluvial mining companies are getting gold in increased quant-ties.
a boy’s voyage round the world the son of samuel smiles
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- Alluvion
law. a gradual increase of land on a sh-r- or a river bank by the action of water, whether from natural or artificial causes. overflow; flood. now rare. . historical examples alluvion is the name for an accession of land washed up on the sea-sh-r- or on a river-bank by the waters. international law. a […]
- Ally to
to unite formally, as by treaty, league, marriage, or the like (usually followed by with or to): russia allied itself to france. to -ssociate or connect by some mutual relationship, as resemblance or friendship. to enter into an ; join; unite. a person, group, or nation that is -ssociated with another or others for some […]
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to unite formally, as by treaty, league, marriage, or the like (usually followed by with or to): russia allied itself to france. to -ssociate or connect by some mutual relationship, as resemblance or friendship. to enter into an ; join; unite. a person, group, or nation that is -ssociated with another or others for some […]
- Allyl
containing the . the . historical examples may not its synchronism with the waves of light in the present instance be the cause of its divorce from the allyl? fragments of science, v. 1-2 john tyndall it has since been obtained, in a separate state, by the action of sodium upon iodide of allyl. cooley’s […]