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treloobing

Tossing \Toss"ing\, n.

  1. The act of throwing upward; a rising and falling suddenly; a rolling and tumbling.

  2. (Mining)

    1. A process which consists in washing ores by violent agitation in water, in order to separate the lighter or earthy particles; -- called also tozing, and treloobing, in Cornwall.
      --Pryce.

    2. A process for refining tin by dropping it through the air while melted.