Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An inclined trough in which crushed ore is washed with running water to flush away impurities.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
boodle . - noun In mining, a contrivance for dressing ore, or separating the metalliferous portion from the earthy gangue.
- To suffocate; drown.
- In mining, to wash (ore); separate (the metalliferous ores) from earthy matters by means of an inclined hutch called a buddle, over which water flows.
- noun Same as
boodle .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb (Mining) To wash ore in a buddle.
- noun (Mining) An apparatus, especially an inclined trough or vat, in which stamped ore is concentrated by subjecting it to the action of running water so as to wash out the lighter and less valuable portions.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
apparatus on which crushedore iswashed . - verb To use a buddle.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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When about eight years old he was put to manual labour, earning three-halfpence a day as a buddle-boy at a tin mine.
Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance Samuel Smiles 1858
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Further inland is Budleigh Salterton, so named after its buddle, or stream, which running through the village makes its way slowly down to the sea.
A Yacht Voyage Round England William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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Your buddle-brain will burst under the HUGE load of whatever to stumble upon.
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There is a long the history with temple of the tooth Relic The princess Hemamala the prince Dhantha brought the Tooth relic of the buddle to Sri Lanka.
Kottu 2009
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There is a long the history with temple of the tooth Relic The princess Hemamala the prince Dhantha brought the Tooth relic of the buddle to Sri Lanka.
Kottu 2009
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Harlow is too cute and a bet your new buddle of joy will be just as cute as Harlow.
Celebrity Baby Blog 2009
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There is a long the history with temple of the tooth Relic The princess Hemamala the prince Dhantha brought the Tooth relic of the buddle to Sri Lanka.
Kottu 2009
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There is a long the history with temple of the tooth Relic The princess Hemamala the prince Dhantha brought the Tooth relic of the buddle to Sri Lanka.
Kottu 2009
reesetee commented on the word buddle
In mining, a shallow trough in which metalliferous ore is separated from gangue using running water. Also used as a verb, meaning to wash (ore) in such a trough.
August 28, 2008