Hypertext Webster Gateway: "buddle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Buddle \Bud"dle\, v. i. (Mining)
To wash ore in a buddle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Buddle \Bud"dle\, n. [Prov. E., to cleanse ore, also a vessel
for this purpose; cf. G. butteln to shake.] (Mining)
An apparatus, especially an inclined trough or vat, in which
stamped ore is concentrated by subjecting it to the action of
running water so as to wash out the lighter and less valuable
portions.
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