wattle-gold

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• Wattle

  ·noun Barbel of a fish. II. Wattle ·vt To bind with twigs. III. Wattle ·noun A rod laid on a roof ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• wattle

  n. The name is given to very many ofthe various species of Acacia (q.v.), of which thereare about 3...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Gold

  ·vt Money; riches; wealth. II. Gold ·noun ·Alt. of <<Goolde>>. III. Gold ·vt Figuratively, somethi...

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• Gold

  1) Heb. zahab, so called from its yellow colour (Ex. 25:11; 1 Chr. 28:18; 2 Chr. 3:5). 2) Heb. sego...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• gold

  – . The following words and phrases compoundedwith «gold» are Australian in use, though probably som...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Gold

  Gold was known from the very earliest times. (Genesis 2:11) It was at first used chiefly for ornamen...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• golden-wattle

  n. See wattle. 1896. `The Argus,' July 20, p. 5, col. 8: «Many persons who had been lured into ga...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• hickory-wattle

  n. a Queensland name for Acacia aulacocarpa, Cunn., N.O. Leguminosae;called Hickory about Brisbane....

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• prickly wattle

  n. See wattle. ...

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• wattle-bark

  n. the bark of the wattle;much used in tanning, and forms a staple export. 1875. `Spectator' (Melbo...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• wattle-bird

  n. an Australian bird, so calledfrom the wattles or fleshy appendages hanging to his ear. Inthe Yel...

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• wattle-gum

  n. the gum exudingfrom the Wattles. 1862. W. Archer, `Products of Tasmania,' p. 41: «Wattle-Gum, ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Gold-beaten

  ·adj <<Gilded>>. ...

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• Gold-beating

  ·noun The art or process of reducing gold to extremely thin leaves, by beating with a hammer. ...

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• Gold-bound

  ·adj Encompassed with gold. ...

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• Gold-hammer

  ·noun The yellow-hammer. ...

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• Mannheim gold

  ·- A kind of brass made in imitation of gold. It contains eighty per cent of copper and twenty of zi...

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• Stream gold

  ·add. ·- Gold in alluvial deposits; placer gold. ...

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• Beaten gold

  In Num. 8:4, means "turned" or rounded work in gold. The Greek Version, however, renders the word "s...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Gold Square

  See Gould Square. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• gold droppers

  Sharpers who drop a piece of gold, which they pick up in the presence of some unexperienced person, ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• gold finder

  One whose employment is to empty necessary houses; called also a tom-turd-man, and night-man: the la...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• grannum's gold

  Hoarded money: supposed to have belonged to the grandmother of the possessor. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• gold-bearing

  verbal adj. auriferous. 1890. `Goldfields of Victoria,' p. 13: «A new line of gold-bearing quartz...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• gold-digging

  verbal n. mining or digging forgold. 1880. G. Sutherland, `Tales of Gold. fields,' p. 36: «There ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• gold-digger

  n. 1852. J. Bonwick [Title]: «Notes of a Gold-digger.» ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• gold-fever

  n. the desire to obtain gold bydigging. The word is more especially applied to the periodbetween 18...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• gold-field

  n. district where mining for goldis carried on. 1858. T. McCombie, `History of Victoria, c. xv. p....

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• gold-founded

  part. adj. founded as the resultof the discovery of gold. 1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Miner's Right,' ...

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• gold-hunter

  n. searcher after gold. 1852. G. S. Rutter [Title]: «Hints to Gold-hunters.» 1890. Rolf Boldrewoo...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• gold-mining

  verbal n. 1852. J. A.Phillips [Title]: «Gold-mining; a Scientific Guide for Australian Emigrants.»...

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• gold-seeking

  adj. 1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Miner's Right,' c. xv. p. 150: «The great gold-seeking multitude had ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• gold-thread

  (Coptis trifolia.) A plant well known in medicine, valued for its stomachic and tonic properties. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• gold fish

  The trivial name of the Cyprinus auratus, one of the most superb of the finny tribe. It was original...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• gold mohur

  A well known current coin in the East Indies, varying a little in value at each presidency, but aver...

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• wattle-and-dab

  a rough mode of architecture, verycommon in Australia at an early date. The phrase and itsmeaning ar...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Gold Cross Court

  See Golden Cross Court. ...

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• money and gold

  silver and gold. York. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Piece Of Gold

  The rendering "pieces of gold," as in (2 Kings 5:5) is very doubtful; and "shekels of gold") as desi...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Gold and Silver Wiredrawers

  Incorporated 1623. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Gold Lion, Lombard Street

  House of F. Barnham called the "Gould Lion" in Lumbart Street, mentioned in his Will, 1624. Behind t...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Gold Street, Wood Street

  See Goldsmith Street. ...

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