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Those accumulations of gravel and loose materials, which, by some geologists, are said to have been produced by the action of a diluvian wave or deluge sweeping over the surface of the earth.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

We also hear of a diluvian story among the Eulets or Kalmuks, where it seems to have come in with Buddhism.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various

However, such are the facts, and one might suppose himself transported to the extraordinary epochs of the diluvian period.

From Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen by Verne, Jules

And still the doe eludes the raging hounds, And still the youths press onward toward the woods, Though the world shudders with diluvian sounds And the rain streams in undulating floods.

From The Five Books of Youth by Hillyer, Robert

We see, therefore, that Ixtlilxochitl was perfectly acquainted with the diluvian tradition, and if he does not enter into its details, he assigns it an important place in his series of ages.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various