Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Sydney, a name given to Tylosurus ferox, a species of garfish which has both jaws prolonged to form a slender beak.
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Examples
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In many places the surface soil, or in mining phrase, the top dirt, pays when worked in a long-tom.
The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe
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Underneath this colander-like portion of the long-tom is placed another trough, about ten feet long, the sides six inches, perhaps, in height, which, divided through the middle by a slender slat, is called the riffle-box.
The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe
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To the right, in the foreground, three men are working a long-tom, which, in point of time, followed the rocker.
The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe
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In the background miners are hand or shovel sluicing, in which the riffle-box of the long-tom is dispensed with.
The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe
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The spadesmen throw in large quantities of the precious dirt, which is washed down to the riddle by a stream of water leading into the long-tom through wooden gutters or sluices.
The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe
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It takes several persons to manage properly a long-tom.
The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe
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He must have seen, for the ensign dipped three times again, and from the long-tom in her waist shot out a puff of smoke.
Wide Courses 1912
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He then set the whole of the crew to shift the long-tom from the bow to the stern.
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“One is said to be a cutter carrying eight guns and a long-tom, the other two are schooners, each carrying six guns on a broadside; it is not known whether they have a long-tom, but the probability is that they have.”
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Lying between the two batteries she engaged them both, her broadside guns firing with grape, while the long-tom sent a shot into each alternately.
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