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Definition of Mullock
1. n. Rubbish; refuse; dirt.
Definition of Mullock
1. Noun. (context: now UK dialect) Rubbish, waste matter. ¹
2. Noun. (Australia New Zealand mining) Waste rock from which the wanted gold, minerals, opal, etc., has been extracted; waste material generated while searching for minerals or while mining, such as when sinking a shaft. ¹
3. Noun. Nonsense, rubbish. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mullock
1. waste earth or rock from a mine [n -S] : MULLOCKY [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mullock
Literary usage of Mullock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bulletin Reciter: A Collection of Verses for Recitation from "The (1902)
"THE SILENCE OF mullock CREEK. HE was dubbed the Lisping Infant when he came to
mullock Creek ; Most confiding was his nature, and his manners they were meek ..."
2. History of the Atlantic Telegraph by Henry Martyn Field (1866)
"LETTER OF BISHOP mullock. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY OF NEWFOUNDLAND.
LABORS OF MR. FN GISBORNE. FAILURE OF THE COMPANY. WHEN Columbus sailed from the ..."
3. Mining, Mineral and Geological Law: A Treatise on the Law of the United by Charles Harmonas Shamel (1907)
"The term mullock vein is used in Australia as a name for an eruptive dike which,
having become decomposed, the gold and silver together with quartz, ..."
4. Catalogue of Printed Literature in the Welsh Department by JOHN. BALLINGER, James Ifano Jones (1898)
"Newport, H. mullock, 1866. w б i6 — Some Account of the Ancient Monuments in the
Priory ... Newport, H. mullock, 1854. w б 9 Ecclesiastical Remains at ..."
5. Report by Tasmania Dept. of Mines (1897)
"In this mine also, in driving through a portion of the lode-channel filled with
broken country and mullock, pieces of auriferous quartz have been found, ..."
6. The Bulletin Reciter: A Collection of Verses for Recitation from "The (1902)
"THE SILENCE OF mullock CREEK. HE was dubbed the Lisping Infant when he came to
mullock Creek ; Most confiding was his nature, and his manners they were meek ..."
7. History of the Atlantic Telegraph by Henry Martyn Field (1866)
"LETTER OF BISHOP mullock. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY OF NEWFOUNDLAND.
LABORS OF MR. FN GISBORNE. FAILURE OF THE COMPANY. WHEN Columbus sailed from the ..."
8. Mining, Mineral and Geological Law: A Treatise on the Law of the United by Charles Harmonas Shamel (1907)
"The term mullock vein is used in Australia as a name for an eruptive dike which,
having become decomposed, the gold and silver together with quartz, ..."
9. Catalogue of Printed Literature in the Welsh Department by JOHN. BALLINGER, James Ifano Jones (1898)
"Newport, H. mullock, 1866. w б i6 — Some Account of the Ancient Monuments in the
Priory ... Newport, H. mullock, 1854. w б 9 Ecclesiastical Remains at ..."
10. Report by Tasmania Dept. of Mines (1897)
"In this mine also, in driving through a portion of the lode-channel filled with
broken country and mullock, pieces of auriferous quartz have been found, ..."
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