| 释义 |
loob Tin-mining.|luːb|
1. (See quot.)
1674Ray Collect. Words, Prepar. Tin 121 The dross and earth..is carried all along the trough to a pit or vessel, into which the trough delivers it, called a loob.
2. pl. (See quots.)
1778Pryce Min. Cornub. 324 Loobs, tin slime or sludge of the after leavings, or leavings slime. 1860Eng. & For. Mining Gloss. (Cornwall terms), Loobs, slime containing ore. |