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‖ pepita|peˈpita|
Also anglicized as pepit.
[Sp. pepita pip, kernel, whence F. pépite.]
A lump, grain, or nugget of native metal.
1748Earthquake of Peru Pref. 11 Lumps..of the purest gold unmix'd with any Dregs, as usually these Pepita's are. 1777Robertson Hist. Amer. vii. II. 342 Gold..is often found in large Pepitas, or grains. 1811Pinkerton Petralogy I. 243 Pepits of copper are intermixed, and the miners only use picks. |