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† ˈdillue, v. Mining. Obs.
Also 8 dilleugh, 7–8 erron. dilve.
[a. Cornish dyllo to send forth, emit, let out, liberate, discharge (Williams)= Welsh dillwng to let go, liberate. (The final o in the Cornish was very close, hence the Eng. spelling ue.)]
trans. To finish the dressing of (tin-ore) by shaking it in a fine sieve in water. Hence dilluer, dilluing-sieve.
1671in Phil. Trans. VI. 2110 We..dilue [printed dilve] it (i.e. by putting it into a Canvass Sieve, which holds water, and in a large Tub of water lustily shake it) so that the filth gets over the rim of the Sieve, leaving the Black Tin behind. 1721Bailey, Dilving, a word used in the dressing Tin Ore. 1778W. Pryce Min. Cornub. 223 The latter [waste] will run or fly over, and is called dilleughing smalls or pitworks. Ibid. 319 Dillueing. (Dilleugh, To let go, let fly, send away. Dylyr, id. Cornish.) A method of washing or finishing the dressing of Tin in very fine hair sieves, called Dillueing sieves, or Dilluers. |