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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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 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
The mud which flows down with the water settles between the twigs and the board which closes the lower end of the buddle.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
Tye, tī, v.t. to wash ore in a tye.—n. a narrow buddle or inclined hutch for washing ore.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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 William Henry Giles Kingston
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
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
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
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