† dizzuev.
/ˈdɪzjuː//ˈdɪʒ(j)uː/ Obsolete.
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1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis Gloss. Dizzue (from Dyz-hui, to discover unto, Cornish). To Dizzue the Lode, is this: If it is very small and rich, they commonly only break down the country or stratum on one side of it, by which the Lode is laid bare, and may be afterwards taken down clean.
Derivatives
ˈdizzued adj.
ˈdizzuing n.
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1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 162 This separation or breaking the bad from the good Ore, they call Dyzhuing the leader, or making a Dyzhu; and the good Ore that is thus exposed, is called a Dyzhu.
ˈdizzue n.
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1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis Gloss. s.v. Afterwards they break the Dizzue or best part, and reserve it to be separately handled and dressed.
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