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avulsion|əˈvʌlʃən|
[ad. L. āvulsiōn-em, n. of action f. āvuls-: see prec. and -ion1.]
1. The action of pulling off, plucking out, or tearing away; forcible separation.
1622Peacham Compl. Gentl. viii. 69 By avulsion or division of the Sea..Sicily was divided and severed from Italy, Cyprus from Syria. 1708J. Philips Cider i. 24 The thronging Clusters thin By kind Avulsion. 1775T. Jefferson Corr. Wks. 1859 I. 201 On condition of everlasting avulsion from Great Britain. 1822Lamb Lett. ii. (1841) 22 Did the Eyes come away kindly with no Œdipean avulsion.
2. A part torn off, a detached portion.
1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. iv. §25. 420 Certain parts of God, or decerptions and avulsions from Him. 1809J. Barlow Columb. viii. 280 Crash your curst continent, and whirl on high The vast avulsion vaulting thro' the sky.
3. Law. The sudden removal of land, by change in a river's course or by the action of flood, to another person's estate; in which case, contrary to the rule respecting alluvion or gradual accretion of soil, it remains the property of the original owner.
1864in Webster. 1880Muirhead Gaius 456 Alluvion..distinguished from avulsion. |