Mining a shallow, inclined trough used to wash or sluice crushed ore
Origin of buddle
from uncertain or unknown; perhapsbuddle
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buddle
noun
An inclined trough in which crushed ore is washed with running water to flush away impurities.
Origin of buddle
Probably from Low German buddeln to agitateTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present buddles, present participle buddling, simple past and past participle buddled)
- To use a buddle.
Origin
Compare German butteln (“to shake”).
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