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hushing
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Hushing is an ancient and historic mining method using a flood or torrent of water to reveal mineral veins . The method was applied in several ways, both in prospecting for ores, and for their exploitation. Mineral veins are often hidden below soil and ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hushing \Hush"ing\, n. (Mining) The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; -- also called booming and hydraulic mining .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The use of a heavy discharge of water to uncover a mineral vein or wash ore. vb. (present participle of hush English)
Usage examples of hushing.
Something in the hushing power of the new atmosphere had evidently alarmed him.
Paula murmured, rocking her baby daughter in her arms, making soft, hushing sounds.
He was still awake to hear the noisy clatterings, the hushings, the crashings, and the muttered ballatherings, when the drunken boys returned to Briscoe Hall.
G'narish muttered under his breath and stopped, because a sudden lull in the conversation had swept through the assembly, punctuated by audible hushings and scrapings as people turned to the Gate.