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Meaning of ALLISION

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Al*li"sion\, n. [L. allisio, fr. allidere, to strike
or dash against; ad + laedere to dash against.]
The act of dashing against, or striking upon.

      The boisterous allision of the sea.      --Woodward.

 

 

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