Batttjre

"Accretion," which is the imperceptible augmentation of the soil on the shore of a stream, is called "alluvion" and sometimes "batture." ' A marine term, denoting a bottom of sand, stone or rock mixed together, and rising toward the surface of the water. From the French battre, to beat: beaten by the water.. An elevation of the bed of a river, under the surface of the water; also, sometimes, the same elevation of the bank, when it has risen above the surface of the water or is as high as the land on the outside of the bank. * See Accretion.