单词 | dauk |
释义 | daukn. Mining. See quots. ΚΠ 1795 Statist. Acc. Stirlings. XV. 329 (Jam.) Below the coal, there is eighteen inches of a stuff, which the workmen term dalk. 1829 T. Sopwith Mines Alston Moor 108 In Alston the contents of the unproductive parts of veins are chiefly described as dowk and rider. The former is a brown, friable, and soft soil. 1865 D. Page Handbk. Geol. Terms (ed. 2) 168 Dauk or Dawk, a mining or quarry term for bands and beds of tough, compact, sandy clay. 1873 J. Harland Gloss. Words Swaledale Dowk, tenacious black clay in a lead vein. 1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. Dowk, a mine-working of a stiff clayey nature. Nidderdale. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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