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costeaning

costeaning noun: a process for discovering metallic 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.

Noun

costeaning (plural costeanings)

  1. A process for discovering metallic 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 costeaning

pluralcosteanings

Questions about costeaning

What does costeaning mean?
Costeaning means a process for discovering metallic 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.
What part of speech is costeaning?
Costeaning is a noun.
What is the plural of costeaning?
The plural of costeaning is costeanings.

Words near costeaning in the dictionary

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

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