transitive. To search (an area) for minerals by digging potholes (cf. pothole, n. 2b). Obsolete. rare.
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释义 | society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (transitive)] > prospect (region) > types of prospecting for gold, opal, etc. (3) pothole1887 transitive. To search (an area) for minerals by digging potholes (cf. pothole, n. 2b). Obsolete. rare. speck1903 Australian. transitive. To search the surface of (the ground) for traces of gold or opal; to discover (particles of gold, etc.) in this manner. snipe1909 transitive and intransitive. To pilfer, steal; to pick up or obtain (from the roadside, etc.); spec. to prospect for gold, as in old diggings. Cf. s… |
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