| 单词 | pan-washing |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspan-washing pan-washing n. the action or process of separating gold from gravel, etc., by stirring it in water in a pan (sense 2c); the gravel, etc., being washed in this manner. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > washing or streaming > for gold gold washing1683 panning1838 pan-washing1850 rocking1850 ground-sluicing1857 gold panning1882 wash-up1890 blacksanding1906 1850 E. G. Buffum Six Months in Gold Mines 89 The process of pan-washing is the simplest mode of separating the golden particles from the earth with which it is amalgamated. 1865 S. Bowles Across Continent 35 We saw pan washings that turned out one, two and three dollars to the pan. 1880 G. Sutherland Tales of Goldfields 4 They got a lesson in pan-washing. 1960 C. Neider in ‘M. Twain’ Autobiography 300 The pocket-miner washes a pan of dirt..until..his pan-washings furnish no longer the speck of gold. < as lemmas |
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