Buddle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An inclined trough in which crushed ore is washed with running water to flush away impurities.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An apparatus on which crushed ore is washed.
  • v. To use a buddle.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An apparatus, especially an inclined trough or vat, in which stamped ore is concentrated by subjecting it to the action of running water so as to wash out the lighter and less valuable portions.
  • verb-intransitive. To wash ore in a buddle.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. See boodle.
  • In mining, to wash (ore); separate (the metalliferous ores) from earthy matters by means of an inclined hutch called a buddle, over which water flows.
  • n. In mining, a contrivance for dressing ore, or separating the metalliferous portion from the earthy gangue.
  • n. Same as boodle.
  • To suffocate; drown.
    • Word Usage
    "When about eight years old he was put to manual labour, earning three-halfpence a day as a buddle-boy at a tin mine."
    Verb Form
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