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单词 riffle board
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riffle board
C1. General attributive (chiefly in sense 4), as riffle bed, riffle board, riffle sluice, etc. See also riffle box n. at Compounds 2.
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1854 E. S. Capron Hist Calif. iii. i. 209 This riffle-board has sides about four inches high, and riffles like those in the plank sluice; but placed much nearer to each other.
1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 349 About one-half of the ore going through the mill is saved by means of riffle-sluices.
1882 Rep. Precious Metals (U.S. Bureau of Mint) i. 570 The finer particles of dirt and dust being thrown away by the current behind before falling on the riffle-bed.
1909 R. H. Richards Text Bk. Ore Dressing xii. 322 This consists of a triangular prism with equal faces, each of which is a riffle sluice supplied with cross riffle bars and side retaining walls.
1968 R. F. Adams Western Words 250 Riffle bar..Also called riffle, riffle block.
2003 K. Martin Midnight Sun 39 I can build us a sluice box. We'll need wire mesh, stuff for a riffle board, and a two- or three-horse engine for vibration.
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