mullock

n.

In English, the word is obsolete;it was used by Chaucer in the sense of refuse, dirt. InAustralia, it is confined to» `rubbish, dirt, stuff taken outof a mine – – the refuse after the vein-stuff is taken away'(Brough Smyth's `Glossary').»

1864. J. Rogers, `New Rush,' pt. ii. p. 26:

«A man each windlass-handle working slow,

Raises the mullock from his mate below.»

1874. Garnet Walch, `Head over Heels, p. 77:

«But still we worked on – – same old tune

For nothin' but mullock come up.»