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pryan, prian dial.|ˈpraɪən|
[a. Corn. pryan, prian clayey ground (Jago).]
A Cornish miner's term for soft white clay. Also attrib.
1710J. Harris Lex. Techn. II, Pryan Tin, is a sort of Tin that is found mix'd with a Gravelly Earth, sometimes White, but usually Red. 1881Raymond Mining Gloss., Pryan, ore in small pebbles mixed with clay. 1882Jago Cornw. Gloss., Pryan lode, a flookan lode, as a soft clayey vein of tin. |