单词 | shoad |
释义 | shoadshoden. British regional (Devon, Cornwall, and Northumberland). Loose fragments of tin, lead, or copper ore mixed with earth, lying on or near the surface and indicating the proximity of a lode. Also (with plural) one of these fragments. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [noun] > indicators of presence mother of gold1596 show1600 shoad1602 squad1674 prospect1709 indication1855 showing1877 lode-light1883 indicator1894 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 8v They discouer these workes, by certaine Tynne-stones, lying on the face of the ground, which they terme Shoad. 1670 J. Pettus Fodinæ Regales 3 They [Metals] are discovered to us..by Moles which cast up their shade or glittering earth. 1670 J. Pettus Fodinæ Regales 79 [Quotes (from Holland's Camden) the passage of Carew given above (quot. 1602), but with shadd substituted for shoad]. 1674 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 120 The Tinners find the Mine by the Shoad (or as they call it Squad) which is loose stones of Tin mixed with the Earth. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. §i. v. 306 A Shod. Spuma Lupi. The forerunner of the Load or Mother of the Tin-Ore. 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 126 Copper and Lead Shodes are very seldom met with. 1789 J. Williams Nat. Hist. Mineral Kingdom I. 406 The shoad of lead is always either coated or tarnished. 1809 A. Henry Trav. & Adventures Canada 230 Examining the shods, or loose stones, in search of minerals. 1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 200 This stream-tin is..met with..in separate stones called shodes. Compounds C1. General attributive. shade earth n. ΚΠ 1735 Dict. Polygraph. at China To Gild China. You must first grind some shade-earth on a marble, with linseed-oil,..with which trace out your figures. shoad-ore n. ΚΠ 1789 J. Williams Nat. Hist. Mineral Kingdom I. 362 There is a very material difference between float and shoad ore, although they are both found upon the surface of the rock. Shoad ore..is always found in loose masses of all sizes, either in or under the upper soil. shoad-stone n. ΚΠ a1728 J. Woodward Attempt Nat. Hist. Fossils Eng. (1729) i. 202 A Shoad-stone, found near the Surface of the Earth... Cornwall. C2. shoading-heap n. ΚΠ 1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall Shoading-heaps, heaps from pits sunk in search of veins of metal. shoading-pit n. ΚΠ 1882 F. W. P. Jago Anc. Lang. & Dial. Cornwall 263 Shoading pits, pits dug in the search for a lode. Derivatives ˈshoader n. see quot. 1882. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > miner using specific method washer1531 streamer1619 shoader1882 outcropper1926 strip-miner1946 1882 F. W. P. Jago Anc. Lang. & Dial. Cornwall 263 Shoaders, miners engaged in shoading. ˈshoading n. the process of searching for shoad-ore by digging small pits. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > other specific types of mining shoading1778 nuggeting1852 placer mining1852 reefing1859 hydraulic mining1873 stripping1874 drift mining1877 gouging1877 hydraulicking1880 open-working1881 strip mining1935 horizon mining1947 roadheading1969 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 124 Another and very ancient method of discovering Tin Lodes, is by what we call Shodeing, that is, tracing them home by loose Stones, fragments, or Shodes. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at cited word) To ‘go a shoading’ is to go prospecting for shoad-ore. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1602 |
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