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Costean
Costeaning is the process by which miners seek to discover metallic lodes. It consists in sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across the direction of the vein, in such manner as to cross all the veins between the two pits.
Webster Dictionary
Costeanverb
to search after lodes. See Costeaning
Etymology: [Cornish cothas dropped + stean tin.]
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Costean
Costeaning is the process by which miners seek to discover metallic lodes. It consist in sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across the direction of the vein, in such manner as to cross all the veins between the two pits.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Costean
kos-tēn′, v.i. to try to find a lode by sinking pits down to bed-rock.—ns. Cost′-book, a book containing the names and shares of the joint adventurers in a mine; Costean′ing; Costean′-pit. [Corn. cothas, dropped, stean, tin.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of costean in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of costean in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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