flookanflookingn.
/ˈflʊkən//ˈflʊkɪŋ/ Mining.
a. A cross-course or transverse vein composed of clay.
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1728 Nicholls in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 35 403 The Load is frequently intercepted by the crossing of a Vein of Earth, or Stone..This transient Load is by the Miners term'd a Flooking.
1807 Carne in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 97 293 A flookan..was discovered..which cut the lode at an angle of 45°.
b. (See quot. 1869.)
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1869 R. B. Smyth Gold Fields Victoria 611 Flucan or Flookan, a sort of clayey substance, often found against the walls of a quartz reef, and accompanying cross-spurs and slides.
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