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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COLLUVIES

COLLUVIES Col *lu "vi *es, n. [L., a collection of washings, dregs, offscourings, fr. colluere to wash; col- + luere to wash. ]

 

1. A collection or gathering, as of pus, or rubbish, or odds and ends.

 

2. A medley; offscourings or rabble.