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Com·stock· Lode (käm′stäk′, kum′-)

a rich deposit of silver & gold discovered in 1859 in W Nev.: virtually depleted by 1890

Etymology: after H. T. Comstock (1820-70), who held first claim to it

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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