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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A process of extracting gold or silver from ores by treating them with a solution of sodium cyanide or calcium cyanide.
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- noun A
method ofextracting gold andsilver from theirores with asolution ofsodium cyanide - noun A
process ofcase-hardening iron orsteel byimmersing it inmolten cyanide and thenquenching in water or oil
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an industrial process for extracting gold and silver by treating ore with a sodium cyanide solution
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