( n. )
The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water.
( n. )
The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012