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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In mining, the act of washing the ‘dirt’ on the surface of the ground for gold; gold-digging on the surface.
  • noun Wash-dirt or surface soil in which gold is supposed to be.

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  • verb Present participle of surface.

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  • noun emerging to the surface and becoming apparent

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