单词 | riffle box |
释义 | > as lemmasriffle box riffle box n. originally and chiefly Mining = ripple box n. (a) at ripple n.5 Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1848Riffle-box [see sense 4]. 1862 Mining & Smelting Mag. 1 398 When amalgamation is employed, the riffle-boxes may be charged with mercury. 1909 School of Mines Q. July 302 Should anything of promise appear, the riffle box is at once cleaned out in order that the copper sludge may be caught separately for assay. 2000 D. M. Pearsall Paleoethnobotany (ed. 2) iii. 111 Passing a sample once through the riffle box produces two equal splits, which can then be resplit to produce smaller subsamples. < as lemmas |
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