| 单词 | stream-work |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstream-work stream-work n. (also stream-works) the operation of washing detrital deposits for metal, esp. tin; a place where this is done. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > washing or streaming washing1578 stream-work1586 streaming1778 surfacing1852 society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > mine by type of operation stream-work1586 opencast?a1650 lavatory1712 lavadero1717 coffin1778 whole working1842 open cut1848 dry- or wet-diggings1849 river diggings1850 placer digging1851 placer working1867 drift mine1882 strip mine1934 1586 W. Camden Brit. 69 Horum autem stannariorum, siue metallicorum operum duo sunt genera. Alterum Lode-works, alterum Streame-works, vocant. 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 8 Which [scattered ore] being sought and digged, is called Streamworke. 1823 W. Buckland Reliq. Diluvianæ 219 The gold mine that was worked a few years since in the county of Wicklow was simply a stream-work, in which the gold was dispersed in the form of small pebbles and sand, through a bed of gravel. 1882 J. Rhŷs Celtic Brit. ii. 48 Some stream-works of the Bronze Age are known to have been carried out in localities. < as lemmas |
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