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ˈgold-ˌwasher
†a. One who ‘sweats’ gold coins (obs.).
b. One who washes auriferous soil to separate the gold.
c. An appliance for obtaining gold by washing.
c1515Cocke Lorell's B. (Percy Soc.) 11 Money baterers, Golde washers, tomblers, fogelers. 1683Pettus Fleta Min. ii. ii. 102 Gold-Washers who go abroad in the Country for Gold-washing, and get their Livelihood by it. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. s.v., Gold-washers are of various kinds.. The pan, the rocking-cradle [etc.].
So ˈgold-wash, a place where gold-washing is carried on; ˈgold-washing, (a) the process of obtaining gold by washing; (b) = gold-wash (chiefly in pl.).
1683Gold-washing [see above]. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 241 The gold-wash of the Bannat yields upwards of 1000 ducats. 1799W. Tooke View Russian Emp. I. 98 The gold-works or gold-washes of Ekaterinenburg. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. s.v. Gold-washers, Edrisi..speaks of the employment of quicksilver in the gold-washings made by the negroes of Sofala as a long-known practice. |