单词 | shotty |
释义 | shottyadj. Resembling shot or pellets of lead; hard and round; spec. of gold: in the form of small, roundish lumps. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > [adjective] > hard and round shotty1860 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > native elements and alloys > [adjective] > forms of native gold nuggety1852 shotty1860 the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adjective] > spherical or globular > very small sphere or pellet pisiform1796 pilular1802 shotty1860 bead-like1876 1860 Mining Surveyors' Rep. (Mining Dept., Victoria) Aug. 236 There were also some very good patches of shotty gold and small nuggets found in the vicinity of this nugget. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 185 Weathered barley has a dull and often a dirty appearance, quite distinct from the bright shotty character of good samples. 1876 J. S. Bristowe Treat. Theory & Pract. Med. ii. i. 245 These [points] soon increase in size, attaining the bulk ultimately perhaps of peas, and feeling hard and shotty between the fingers. 1880 Tea Advt. This tea..is brisk,..shotty in leaf, and heavy. 1929 E. J. Dunn Geol. Gold xix. 222 Pounds weight of ‘shotty’ gold..were washed from a dish of gravel. 1959 Observer 17 May 8/3 Odd old prospectors still fossick in the hills in search of shotty gold. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1860 |
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