gold-findingn.

Brit.

/ˈɡəʊldˌfʌɪndɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈɡoʊldˌfaɪndɪŋ/

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

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

Etymology: < gold n.¹ + finding n. Compare slightly earlier gold-finder n.

The action or process of finding or discovering gold; the work involved in doing this. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > prospecting

gold-finding1583

prospecting1848

prospect1850

mine-hunting1874

prospection1874

1583 M. M. S. tr. B. de las Casas Spanish Colonie sig. H4^v The trade of golde finding [Fr. de tirer or], be in his kinde, very grieuous, and very miserable.

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 360 Two Chymists had agreed..that one of them should turn druggist..: the other to follow still his gold-finding trade.

1737 S. Humphreys tr. N. A. Pluche Spectacle de la Nature (ed. 2) III. xix. 64 The Country-People..set apart those Hours for Gold-finding that remain from their Day's Labour.

1852 G. B. Earp Gold Colonies Austral. 5 Many poor men make fortunes..by the lottery of gold-finding.

1922 L. L. Hope Outdoor Girls in Saddle 148 Let's go and hunt up some springs..! What's the use of leaving all this gold finding to Mr. Peter Levine?

2014 West Austral. (Perth) (Nexis) 1 July tod8 [The film]..is about a secret gold-finding expedition led by..future US president Herbert Hoover.

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

单词	gold-finding
释义	gold-findingn. Brit. /ˈɡəʊldˌfʌɪndɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊldˌfaɪndɪŋ/ Forms: see gold n.¹ and adj. and finding n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gold n.¹, finding n. Etymology: < gold n.¹ + finding n. Compare slightly earlier gold-finder n. The action or process of finding or discovering gold; the work involved in doing this. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > prospecting gold-finding1583 prospecting1848 prospect1850 mine-hunting1874 prospection1874 1583 M. M. S. tr. B. de las Casas Spanish Colonie sig. H4^v The trade of golde finding [Fr. de tirer or], be in his kinde, very grieuous, and very miserable. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 360 Two Chymists had agreed..that one of them should turn druggist..: the other to follow still his gold-finding trade. 1737 S. Humphreys tr. N. A. Pluche Spectacle de la Nature (ed. 2) III. xix. 64 The Country-People..set apart those Hours for Gold-finding that remain from their Day's Labour. 1852 G. B. Earp Gold Colonies Austral. 5 Many poor men make fortunes..by the lottery of gold-finding. 1922 L. L. Hope Outdoor Girls in Saddle 148 Let's go and hunt up some springs..! What's the use of leaving all this gold finding to Mr. Peter Levine? 2014 West Austral. (Perth) (Nexis) 1 July tod8 [The film]..is about a secret gold-finding expedition led by..future US president Herbert Hoover. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1583
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