Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A tub or kettle with a copper bottom and sides of wood or stone, larger than the cazo, in which silver ores are ground and amalgamated.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Metal.) A large copper vessel used for hot amalgamation.

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  • noun A large copper vessel used for hot amalgamation.

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Compare French fondant flux.

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