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hawk
[< Brit. dial. hawk [haՍk] search out, hunt through < Scand.; cf. Swedish hålka]
Placer Mining
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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v.
examine loose rocks and stones of an area in search of gold or other minerals.
Quotations
1869
The rough but honest miner . . . / Seeking for the yellow gold, / Hid amang the clay-- / Howkin' in the mountain side.
1936
Though green at the business of hawking float, he walked over to the tom rocker, a shallow cradle-like contraption with galvanized lining and two handles, and studied it.