释义 |
[gatchers Error for catchers, the after-leavings of tin, originating in the glossary to Pryce's Mineralogia Cornubiensis. Also gatches (English Dialect Dictionary).
1778Pryce Min. Cornub. 229 All dressers save the hinder stuff from the frame end, as it washes off in a pit by the name of Catchers. Gloss., Gatchers, the after leavings of Tin. 1849–50Weale Dict. Terms, Gatchers, the after-leavings of tin. [Hence 1890 in Century Dict.] 1882Jago Anc. Lang. & Dial. Cornwall 320 Gatchers, the after-leavings of tin ore. Pryce. ] |