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Buddle [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In mining, a large square frame of board, used in washing tin ore.

Buddle [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Among miners, to wash ore.

Buddle [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An apparatus, especially an inclined trough or vat, in which stamped ore is concentrated by subjecting it to the action of running water so as to wash out the lighter and less valuable portions.

Buddle [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To wash ore in a buddle.