单词 | gold refiner |
释义 | > as lemmasgold refiner c. Objective, with agent nouns, as gold hunter, gold refiner, gold seeker, gold trader, etc.; also with verbal nouns and participles, as gold-containing, gold-gathering, gold-producing, gold trading, etc.In quot. 1327 in a surname. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > worker in gold or silver > goldsmith > gold-refiner gold-finer1437 gold refiner1739 OE Seafarer 83 Næron nu cyningas ne caseras ne goldgiefan swylce iu wæron. 1327 in G. Fransson Middle Eng. Surnames (1935) 134 Joh. Goldehoper. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Bractearius,..a golde layer: a gilter. 1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes To Rdr. sig. B1v Our forenamed Gold-falsifiers. 1600 T. Nashe Summers Last Will sig. G2 Golde-breathing Alcumists. 1603 J. Davies Microcosmos 239 Vpon the verge of whose gold-stayning haire, Illustrious Saphires ev'nly ranked were. 1739 D. Bellamy Misc. Prose & Verse II. sig. A5 Mr. Thomas Ubank, Gold-Refiner. 1739 J. Barber Poet. Wks. 24 Curs'd Child.., whose Fingers rob, With Touch unfelt, the Gold-containing Fob. 1771 R. Berenger Hist. & Art Horsemanship I. 74 The little horse, which moves his feet in time, Comes from Austria's gold-producing clime. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 541 Gold-refiners become dyspnetic from inhaling the vapour of aquafortis. 1851 S. Rutter (title) Hints to gold hunters. 1852 G. B. Earp Gold Colonies Austral. 130 A system which should give encouragement to gold seekers. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust (Boston ed.) II. i. ii. 23 Along what shafts and mines corroded, The gold-diviner's steps are goaded. 1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 19 During the early days of gold-gathering. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 Oct. 11/2 The prosecution of..gold-seeking in the Kimberley district. 1894 H. Nisbet Bush Girl's Romance 197 The gold-promising quartz predominated. 1934 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 21 219 Professor Conger showed the zeal of gold hunting when news came of the California discoveries of 1848. 1943 W. Lewis Let. 26 Jan. (1963) 343 This [sc. Canada] is after Africa the second largest gold-producing centre on the planet. 1998 T. Standage Victorian Internet 174 A Gold Room was established at the Stock Exchange on Wall Street specifically for gold trading. 2016 Platts Metals Daily (Nexis) 20 May India's largest gold refiner..has recently started importing dore with higher silver content to capitalize on increasing demand for the metal. 2017 Australian (Nexis) 23 Feb. 5 Beechworth was part of the original gold rush, it was the richest gold-producing town in Victoria or even Australia. < as lemmas |
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