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costean

costean noun: a trench in solid rock intersected by pits which reveals mineral veins.

Noun

costean (plural costeans)

  1. A trench in solid rock intersected by pits which reveals mineral veins.

Verb

costean (third-person singular simple present costeans, present participle costeaning, simple past and past participle costeaned)

  1. To search for lodes by sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across the direction of the vein, so as to cross all the veins between the two pits.

Forms of costean

Noun
pluralcosteans
Verb
third-person singular presentcosteans
present participlecosteaning
past participlecosteaned
pastcosteaned

Origin of costean

Presumably from Cornish kodha (“to fall, happen”) + sten (“tin”).

Questions about costean

What does costean mean?
Costean means a trench in solid rock intersected by pits which reveals mineral veins.
What part of speech is costean?
Costean can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of costean?
The plural of costean is costeans.

Words near costean in the dictionary

  1. costatements
  2. costates
  3. costating
  4. costatolide
  5. Coste
  6. costean
  7. costeaned
  8. costeaning
  9. costeanings
  10. costeans
  11. costectomies

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