Medicus-magus, : a poem, in three cantos; with a glossary. / by Richard Furness.

  • Richard Furness
Date:
1836
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    GLOSSARY. Adit, [Aditus Lat.~\—The shaft, or entrance of a mine. Belland Small particles of ore reduced into powder. Blast- Work.—Work done by means of gunpowder. Bar-Mote, or Bargh Mote—Burg, a village, or commonalty and Mote, Sax. a meeting.—A mine- ral court. Bar-Master, or Bargh Master, [Teutonic Berg- Meister.]—A surveyor of the mines, &c. Bunnin, Bunning, or Binding, [Bindung, Teut.~\— A cover of planks, &c. by which a work is bound up, or covered. Boose The ore and mineral in an undrest state. Buddie, or Puddle.—A place used for the washing of ore. Breck, or Break, [Brecan, Sax.]—A gap or opening, a quarry. Blue-John—A beautiful mineral of which the Cas- tleton vases are made. Bolder A hard round black stone, &c