单词 | prospecting dish |
释义 | > as lemmasprospecting dish prospecting dish n. ΚΠ 1852 Times 18 June 8/6 If with the prospecting dish they procure gold in any quantity..they will bring down the cradle, pitch their tent, &c. 1878 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 48 279 The residue is then washed, with exactly the same oscillatory motion as do the Australian miners with their prospecting dishes. 1931 C. B. Smith Austral. Gold Prospectors' Handbk. 19 Should the wash dirt be mixed with clay, it will require ‘puddling’ before washing in either the prospecting dish or the cradle. 2002 R. Van Driesum et al. Outback Austral. (Lonely Planet) (ed. 3) 90/2 The use of a prospecting dish is straight-forward but requires some practice. < as lemmas |
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