An apparatus for washing auriferous soil. Cf. scour, v.2 11d.
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for treating ores > [noun] > for washing ore > for gold (21) scour1619 An apparatus for washing auriferous soil. Cf. scour, v.2 11d. rocker1828 A device or apparatus which rocks or is rocked in the manner of a cradle. Chiefly North American. A long, narrow trough, mounted on rockers, used… cradle1833 Gold-mining. A trough on rockers in which auriferous earth or sand is shaken in water, in order to separate and collect the gold. pan1835 A vessel resembling a pan used in various technical processes. A shallow bowl in which gold is separated from gravel, mud, etc., by agitation and… Long Tom1839 A kind of long wooden trough used for washing gold-bearing material in order to separate out the gold. Cf. Tom, n.1 5. Now chiefly historical. Tom1839 A kind of long wooden trough used for washing gold-bearing material in order to separate out the gold; = Long Tom, n. 2. Now chiefly historical. wash-bowl1848 spec. A vessel in which gold is washed. gold washer1849 A machine or apparatus for obtaining gold by washing. sluice1851 In gold-washing: An artificial channel or flume, usually consisting of a long sloping trough, or series of troughs, fitted with riffles, or grooves… wash-pan1851 a metal wash bowl; a pan for washing ore. tub1853 Gold-mining. A puddling tub. gold pan1854 a shallow bowl in which gold is separated from gravel and mud by agitation and washing; = pan, n.1 2c. mining pan1858 = pan, n.1 2c. pan mill1869 a shallow pan in which ore or other material is ground; (originally) spec. one used for separating precious metal by amalgamation. Tommy1892 A kind of long wooden trough used for washing gold-bearing material in order to separate out the gold; = Tom, n.1 5. Obsolete. rare. Subcategories:— part of gold-washing machine (1) — part of sluice (3) — instruments for breaking up clay or gravel (2) |
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