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Definition of Costean
1. v. i. To search after lodes. See Costeaning.
Definition of Costean
1. to dig down to the bedrock [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Costean
Literary usage of Costean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... osmotic. dig, vt 1. delve (archaic or literary, exc. fig.), grave (rare and
archaic), excavate; spec, costean, grub, dike, ditch, mine, spade, root, ..."
2. Upper Peninsula, 1893-1897 by Michigan Geological Survey (1898)
"costean C. Then a little further southwest, where the stream following a cross
... costean D. The next costean is on the next marked ridge to the southeast ..."
3. McNeill's Code: Arranged to Meet the Requirements of Mining, Metallurgical by Bedford McNeill (1899)
"08452 costean trenches Calking ... 08453 By means of costean pits and trenches
Callado ... 08455 Workings only consist of costean pits and trenches ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... the process of sinking pits to discover a lode. [Cornwall.]
COStean-pit (kos-ten'pit), n. In Cornish uiiii- intj, a pit sunk to the bed-rock in ..."
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