gossan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Cornish [Term?]

Noun

gossan (countable and uncountable, plural gossans)

(geology) decomposed rock, usually reddish or ferruginous (owing to oxidized pyrites), forming the upper part of a metallic vein
- 2008, L. Nadeau, J.J. Ryan, P. Brouillette, & D.T. James, Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5907, page 1:
  Despite being comprised largely of a multiply deformed amphibolite and granulite facies metagranitoid terrain, the region includes supracrustal belts of three different ages, all hosting gossans that signal base- and precious metal prospectivity.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for gossan in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

gosans, sangos

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

(Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkossan/

Verb

gossan

past indicative connegative of gossat

Participle

gossan

past participle of gossat

单词	gossan
释义	gossan English Etymology Borrowed from Cornish [Term?] Noun gossan (countable and uncountable, plural gossans) (geology) decomposed rock, usually reddish or ferruginous (owing to oxidized pyrites), forming the upper part of a metallic vein 2008, L. Nadeau, J.J. Ryan, P. Brouillette, & D.T. James, Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5907, page 1: Despite being comprised largely of a multiply deformed amphibolite and granulite facies metagranitoid terrain, the region includes supracrustal belts of three different ages, all hosting gossans that signal base- and precious metal prospectivity. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing. (See the entry for gossan in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.) Anagrams gosans, sangos Northern Sami Pronunciation (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkossan/ Verb gossan past indicative connegative of gossat Participle gossan past participle of gossat
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