buddle
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
noun
verb
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Etymology
Origin of buddle
First recorded in 1525–35; of uncertain origin
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The particles of medium size generally settle in the middle part of the buddle, where they are arrested by interwoven fir twigs.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
And the interesting question arises as to whether Cornwall did not derive the stamp-mill, buddle, and strake, from the Germans.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
The water is made turbid by this stirring, and carries the mud and sand and small particles of metal into the buddle below.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
However, the pursuit of the subject through etymology ends here, for no derivatives in German can be found for buddle, tye, strake, or other collateral terms.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
"What hab you god id that buddle?" asked the major.
From Elbow-Room A Novel Without a Plot by Charles Heber Clark
You'll be but a buddled oaf an you go this gait.
From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Herbert Strang
There's another in tha ditch! a'll be a buddled!
From The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire by James Jennings
The immortal Bowdler is usually said to take his name from the art of puddling, or buddling, iron ore.
From The Romance of Names by Ernest Weekley
By this term the author includes all the operations of sluicing, buddling, and wet concentration generally.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
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