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▪ I. ˈslushing, vbl. n.
[f. slush v. or n.1 + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. spec. in Mining, the action or process of moving or scraping broken ore into a dump or on to a wagon or chute.
1864Carlyle Fredk. Gt. IV. 363 Moony workings, and slushings hither and thither..in the muddy tide-currents. 1923Mine & Quarry July 1267/1 The scraping or slushing of one into chutes or raises or into mine cars is only one of the many uses for the portable double drum hoists. 1946Trans. Inst. Mining Engineers CVI. 116 Both for hand-filling and slushing one haulage-hand was engaged in getting the tubs away from the contractor. 1966S. D. Woodruff Methods of Working Coal & Metal Mines III. b. ii. 287 As soon as a cut was completed the tramming, or slushing, floor was filled with waste before another cut was started.
▪ II. ˈslushing, ppl. a.
[f. slush v. or n.1 + -ing2.]
That slushes or splashes. spec. pertaining to or designating a viscous oil or grease used to protect bright metal surfaces, when paint or other fixed coatings cannot be used.
1863Mrs. Gaskell Sylvia's L. x, Philip went..through keen black east wind, or driving snow, or slushing thaw. 1920Technologic Papers Bureau of Standards (U.S.) No. 176. 4 Slushing oils or slushing compounds are of a varied nature, sometimes being straight mineral greases..sometimes mixtures of mineral and animal greases..finely divided mineral matter, and volatile solvents. 1939Burns & Schuh Protective Coatings for Metals xvi. 381 The successful use of slushing compounds depends to a considerable extent upon proper cleaning of the metal surface beforehand. 1975Chem. Abstr. LXXXIII. 13232 A slushing oil was prepd. from a mixt. of a metal mahogany or naphthalene sulphonate, a C15–60 fatty acid, a cosolvent, and mineral oil. |