Comstockn.

Brit.

/ˈkɒmstɒk/, U.S.

/ˈkɑmˌstɑk/

Etymology: < the name of H. T. P. Comstock (1820–70), U.S. prospector who first worked a claim on the site of the Comstock lode.

U.S.

In full, Comstock lode: a very rich lode of silver and gold discovered in Nevada in 1859; hence, allusively, a rich mine or ‘find’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [noun] > profitable sources

pay streak1856

pay1857

pay rock1862

Comstock1866

pay chimney1868

pay vein1872

pay zone1873

the mind > possession > wealth > wealth or riches > [noun] > a source of wealth

India1598

Indies1602

goldmine1605

Aladdin's cave1824

Golconda1833

Comstock1866

wealth-centre1890

1866 Beadle's Monthly Aug. 102/1 The Comstock Lode proved the richest vein of silver ever found.

1867 Territorial Enterprise (Virginia City, Nevada) 2 Feb. 3/1 The real out and out Washoe miner can be found away down in the bowels of the Comstock.

1885 Weekly N. Mex. Rev. 18 June 2/6 The Old Mine of Grant county is proving a genuine Comstock.

1948 Manch. Guardian Weekly 9 Dec. 9 The committee sank their pick in a farmyard and struck their Comstock lode in the shape of a hollowed-out pumpkin.

1956 A. Huxley Adonis & Alphabet 196 The people who had come to exploit this Comstock Lode of the miraculous, found themselves painfully frustrated.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	comstock
释义	Comstockn. Brit. /ˈkɒmstɒk/, U.S. /ˈkɑmˌstɑk/ Etymology: < the name of H. T. P. Comstock (1820–70), U.S. prospector who first worked a claim on the site of the Comstock lode. U.S. In full, Comstock lode: a very rich lode of silver and gold discovered in Nevada in 1859; hence, allusively, a rich mine or ‘find’. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [noun] > profitable sources pay streak1856 pay1857 pay rock1862 Comstock1866 pay chimney1868 pay vein1872 pay zone1873 the mind > possession > wealth > wealth or riches > [noun] > a source of wealth India1598 Indies1602 goldmine1605 Aladdin's cave1824 Golconda1833 Comstock1866 wealth-centre1890 1866 Beadle's Monthly Aug. 102/1 The Comstock Lode proved the richest vein of silver ever found. 1867 Territorial Enterprise (Virginia City, Nevada) 2 Feb. 3/1 The real out and out Washoe miner can be found away down in the bowels of the Comstock. 1885 Weekly N. Mex. Rev. 18 June 2/6 The Old Mine of Grant county is proving a genuine Comstock. 1948 Manch. Guardian Weekly 9 Dec. 9 The committee sank their pick in a farmyard and struck their Comstock lode in the shape of a hollowed-out pumpkin. 1956 A. Huxley Adonis & Alphabet 196 The people who had come to exploit this Comstock Lode of the miraculous, found themselves painfully frustrated. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1866
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