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† ˈclauncher Obs. Min. [Cf. clunch.] See quot.
1747Hooson Miner's Dict. E iij b, Clauncher, a piece of Kevell, Tufft, Stone, etc., having always some Joynt at the back of it, which being driven past becomes loose, and being struck upon yields a sound, and often slips down unexpectedly, and many times Ore has been discovered at the back of such Claunchers. |