The gaining of land from the water, in consequence of the sea shrinking back below the usuai water mark; the opposite of alluvion, (q. v.) Dyer, 326b; 2 Bl. Comm. 262; 1 Steph. Comm. 419; Llnth-lcum v. Coan, 64 Md. 439. 2 Atl. 826, 54 Am. Rep. 775; warren v. Chambers, 25 Ark. 120, 91 Am. Dec. 538, 4 Am. Rep. 23; Sapp v