gold washern.

Brit.

/ˈɡəʊld ˌwɒʃə/, U.S.

/ˈɡoʊld ˌwɔʃər/,

/ˈɡoʊld ˌwɑʃər/

Forms: see gold n.¹ and adj. and washer n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gold n.¹, washer n.¹

Etymology: < gold n.¹ + washer n.¹With sense 2a compare German Goldwäscher (early 16th cent.).

†1. A person who sweats gold coins (see wash v. 8, sweat v. 15). Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vj^v Money baterers Golde washers, tomblers Fogelers.

a. A person who washes auriferous soil, gravel, etc., in order to extract gold from it. Cf. panner n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > one who mines metals > goldminer > by washing

gold washer1625

puddler1855

sluicer1890

blacksander1897

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes III. v. iii. 970 Women gold-washers.

1683 J. Pettus tr. L. Ercker ii. ii. 102 in Fleta Minor i Gold-Washers [Ger. Goltwäscher] who go abroad in the Country for Gold-washing, and get their Livelihood by it.

1787 M. Raper tr. H. M. G. Grellmann Diss. on Gipsies vii. 38 It is not permitted for every one without exception, to be a gold-washer.

1825 Morning Post 17 Aug. Wooden bowls, used by the gold-washers.

1881 V. Ball Man. Geol. India III. iv. 178 Travancore does not appear in any of the early accounts as a gold-producing region, and the trade of the gold-washer seems to be there unknown.

1920 A. E. Dingle Gold out of Celebes x. 132 El Dorado? The gold washers look more like collar washers to me!

1988 Advertiser (Austral.) (Nexis) 5 Nov. ‘Up in that mountain there are still tons of gold of the very highest quality to be had—it's just that you can't do it,’ declares a veteran gold-washer from Rauris.

2006 S. Zanjani Devils will Reign x. 143 In place of the seasonal scattering of gold washers with rockers in Gold Canyon, the elements of a permanent industrial workforce had appeared.

b. A machine or apparatus for obtaining gold by washing.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for treating ores > [noun] > for washing ore > for gold

scour1619

rocker1828

cradle1833

pan1835

Long Tom1839

Tom1839

wash-bowl1848

gold washer1849

sluice1851

wash-pan1851

tub1853

gold pan1854

mining pan1858

pan mill1869

Tommy1892

1849 T. T. Johnson Sights Gold Region xvii. 158 We passed on our journey many travellers..all with a gold-washer or gingling-pan of some kind or other.

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 995/2 Gold-washers are of various kinds... The pan, the rocking-cradle [etc.].

1958 Afr. Affairs 57 223 The ‘First Expedition’..left Liverpool in March 1877, taking with them Bazin's inventions, a ‘sand pipette’ and a ‘gold washer’.

2003 Moscow News (Nexis) 11 June Nikolai Bin..operates a gold washer.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gold washer
释义	gold washern. Brit. /ˈɡəʊld ˌwɒʃə/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊld ˌwɔʃər/, /ˈɡoʊld ˌwɑʃər/ Forms: see gold n.¹ and adj. and washer n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gold n.¹, washer n.¹ Etymology: < gold n.¹ + washer n.¹With sense 2a compare German Goldwäscher (early 16th cent.). †1. A person who sweats gold coins (see wash v. 8, sweat v. 15). Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vj^v Money baterers Golde washers, tomblers Fogelers. 2. a. A person who washes auriferous soil, gravel, etc., in order to extract gold from it. Cf. panner n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > one who mines metals > goldminer > by washing gold washer1625 puddler1855 sluicer1890 blacksander1897 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes III. v. iii. 970 Women gold-washers. 1683 J. Pettus tr. L. Ercker ii. ii. 102 in Fleta Minor i Gold-Washers [Ger. Goltwäscher] who go abroad in the Country for Gold-washing, and get their Livelihood by it. 1787 M. Raper tr. H. M. G. Grellmann Diss. on Gipsies vii. 38 It is not permitted for every one without exception, to be a gold-washer. 1825 Morning Post 17 Aug. Wooden bowls, used by the gold-washers. 1881 V. Ball Man. Geol. India III. iv. 178 Travancore does not appear in any of the early accounts as a gold-producing region, and the trade of the gold-washer seems to be there unknown. 1920 A. E. Dingle Gold out of Celebes x. 132 El Dorado? The gold washers look more like collar washers to me! 1988 Advertiser (Austral.) (Nexis) 5 Nov. ‘Up in that mountain there are still tons of gold of the very highest quality to be had—it's just that you can't do it,’ declares a veteran gold-washer from Rauris. 2006 S. Zanjani Devils will Reign x. 143 In place of the seasonal scattering of gold washers with rockers in Gold Canyon, the elements of a permanent industrial workforce had appeared. b. A machine or apparatus for obtaining gold by washing. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for treating ores > [noun] > for washing ore > for gold scour1619 rocker1828 cradle1833 pan1835 Long Tom1839 Tom1839 wash-bowl1848 gold washer1849 sluice1851 wash-pan1851 tub1853 gold pan1854 mining pan1858 pan mill1869 Tommy1892 1849 T. T. Johnson Sights Gold Region xvii. 158 We passed on our journey many travellers..all with a gold-washer or gingling-pan of some kind or other. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 995/2 Gold-washers are of various kinds... The pan, the rocking-cradle [etc.]. 1958 Afr. Affairs 57 223 The ‘First Expedition’..left Liverpool in March 1877, taking with them Bazin's inventions, a ‘sand pipette’ and a ‘gold washer’. 2003 Moscow News (Nexis) 11 June Nikolai Bin..operates a gold washer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1518
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