† dilluev.

Forms: Also 1700s dilleugh, 1600s–1700s erron. dilve.

Etymology: < 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 English spelling ue.)

Mining. Obsolete.

transitive. To finish the dressing of (tin-ore) by shaking it in a fine sieve in water.

ΚΠ

1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 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.

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Dilving, a word used in the dressing Tin Ore.

1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 223 The latter [waste] will run or fly over, and is called dilleughing smalls or pitworks.

Derivatives

dilluer n.

ΚΠ

1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 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.

dilluing-sieve n.

ΚΠ

1778 [see dilluer n.].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	dillue
释义	† dilluev. Forms: Also 1700s dilleugh, 1600s–1700s erron. dilve. Etymology: < 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 English spelling ue.) Mining. Obsolete. transitive. To finish the dressing of (tin-ore) by shaking it in a fine sieve in water. ΚΠ 1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 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. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Dilving, a word used in the dressing Tin Ore. 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 223 The latter [waste] will run or fly over, and is called dilleughing smalls or pitworks. Derivatives dilluer n. ΚΠ 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 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. dilluing-sieve n. ΚΠ 1778 [see dilluer n.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1671
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