buddle
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of buddle
First recorded in 1525–35; of uncertain origin
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It was treated by grinding in mills and concentrating upon a sort of buddle.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
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 Agricola, Georgius
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.
From A Yacht Voyage Round England by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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 Agricola, Georgius
In other respects the head resembles the head of the simple buddle, except that it is not depressed in the middle.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
There's another in tha ditch! a'll be a buddled!
From The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire by Jennings, James
You'll be but a buddled oaf an you go this gait.
From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Strang, Herbert
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 Agricola, Georgius
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 Weekley, Ernest
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