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Fluviation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Deposition of silt etc. by the action of a river or stream. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    Preparation of flax by soaking it in a stream. obsolete, uncountable, usually

    "This was the first preparation of Flax, and before fluviation or rotting."

Etymology

From Latin fluviātiō, from fluviātus (“fluviated”) + -iō (“-tion: forming abstract nouns”), from fluvius (“river”) + -ātus (“-ate: forming adjectives”) as if from a verb fluviō. Equivalent to fluviated + -ion.

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