Definition of dryblow in English:
dryblow
verbdryblew, dryblownˈdrʌɪbləʊ
[with object]Australian, NZ Separate (particles of gold or another mineral) from the surrounding material using a current of air.
if we can't wash the gold, we'll have to dryblow it
Example sentencesExamples
- Lack of water slowed down the panning of alluvial gold and diggers had to resort to dry blowing it.
- He put the resulting dust and fragments into the tin dish and proceeded to dry blow it.
- The miners hand-worked their patches as if they were pioneers, forced into using the rough skills of digging, scraping and dry blowing by hand.
- The gold, which, although they could only dry-blow, they judged would be payable after the advent of the rains.
- They had to dry-blow the dirt to get what gold there was.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from dry+ blow1.